After implementing the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule provision, which included revisions to the Evaluation and Management (E/M) office visit Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) (99201-99215) code descriptors and documentation standards that directly addressed the continuing problem of administrative burden for physicians in nearly every specialty, from across the country, the CPT Editorial Panel approved, for 2023, additional revisions to the rest of the E/M code section. Here’s a summary of revisions:
New Codes For Pfizer-Biontech Vaccines For Children 6 Months Through 4 Years
On June 17, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization to authorize use for all patients 6 months through 4 years of age. CMS issued new CPT codes effective June 17, 2022:
Social Determinants of Health and Medical Billing: What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know Today
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are an important concept in healthcare and, recently, their role in medical coding has become more important. To keep you up to date, we’d like to help you understand the topic, introduce you to coding concerns, and share what the American Medical Association (AMA) believes SDOH means for medical billing services.
New ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes: Fiscal Year 2023
The fiscal year 2023 International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) diagnosis code files and guidelines are now available.
Providers Aren’t Happy About the Price Transparency Rule. Here’s What That Means in 2022.
The CMS hospital price transparency rule is up and running, and hospital revenue cycle management leaders are expressing their concerns. From challenges acquiring resources to working with medical billing companies for hospital billing services, this piece will update you on recent reactions to the rule, review what it entails, and cover challenges that 2022 has brought in meeting its requirements.
