The doctors’ association is blowing up the U.S.’ decades-old coding system for recording pregnancy services and starting fresh next year, bowing to calls from OB-GYNs and other maternity specialists.

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 16, Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, with Ellis Medical Consulting, discussed 15 current procedure ...

Gloria Miller, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, former vice president of reimbursement services at Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions Inc. shares which CPT codes to use. Q: What CPT codes and modifiers would be used ...

Medical billing and medical coding are crucial aspects of the medical revenue landscape. Both jobs ensure health care providers get paid for their services. Medical coders read the providers’ ...

Cervical mapping is a separately identifiable service performed by a physician during a colposcopy examination. A version of this article was first published December 18, 2020, by HCPro's Revenue ...

In an article titled “Why Five out of Six Doctors Have Quit the AMA,” healthcare speaker Chriss W. Street criticized the association for its “monopoly” on CPT codes, according to a Big Government ...

4) A new code “90839” has been designated for psychotherapy for a patient in crisis. Add-on code for each additional 30 minutes beyond first 60 minutes (+90840). 5) Code “90862” has been eliminated ...

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Code Changes Explained: Psychiatry Section of AMA’s 2013 CPT Manual Major changes were enacted to the Psychiatry codes in the American Medical Association's 2013 manual on Current Procedural ...