October 6, 2022 Question: I work at an ENT clinic and my physician is doing biopsies of the inner cheek…

September 27, 2022 Question: Do I use CPT code 42950 when a limited pharyngectomy is done?? Answer: No, you should…

September 8, 2022 Question: We have a patient with 2 commercial payers (BCBS and Cigna). A consultation code was submitted…

August 25, 2022 Question: I am a contracted physician with a group practice (Practice A) in our town. I have…

August 11, 2022 Question: Can I bill an office visit in the global period if the diagnosis is different from…

July 28, 2022 Question: My coder just told me about the new guidelines for 2021 office visit codes. She said…

July 14, 2022 Question: Can I use modifiers on an unlisted code? What about global period modifiers such as 58,…

June 30, 2022 Question: The guidelines that came out in 2021 for E/M services is for all types of E/M…

June 16, 2022 Question: Thank you so much for all the information you gave out in Chicago at the KZA…

June 2, 2022 Question: I was at your conference this past weekend and I was wondering if you could clarify…

May 19, 2022 Question: Since we have to bring the patients back in for COVID testing and H&P for Joint…

May 5, 2022 Question: What code do I use for a vocal fold injection for augmentation in the office? Can…

April 21, 2022 Question: I did an inpatient consultation and coded 99253 (non-Medicare). I did not need to follow the…

April 7, 2022 Question: A few years ago I was at your coding workshop in Chicago – you were great,…

March 24, 2022 Question: What code do we charge for an ER visit when our physician was called to the…

March 10, 2022 Question: We frequently do a flexible laryngoscopy (31575) or nasal endoscopy (31231) when we see a patient.…

February 24, 2022 Question: One of our physicians is scheduling a nasal wall reconstruction with Latera®.  He is wanting to…

February 10, 2022 Question: If one of our physicians performed a septoplasty and sinus surgery and then the patient comes…

January 27, 2022 Question: In the office, one of our physicians, performed 31296-50 (endoscopic dilation frontal sinus), 31295-50 (endoscopic dilation…

December 30, 2021 Question: What is the code for an open septoplasty? I’m doing extracorporeal work removing the septum and…

December 16, 2021 Question: If a patient has one stable chronic illness and one acute uncomplicated illness without systemic symptoms,…

December 2, 2021 Question: We had a patient come in for a mastoid debridement using the microscope.  It is ok…

November 11, 2021 Question: We saw a patient in the office for a peritonsillar abscess then sent them to the…

October 28, 2021 Question: Is 95940 (NIM – neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring) separately billable with a total thyroidectomy? Answer: Intraoperative monitoring…

October 14, 2021 Question: Is there a code for smell testing that incorporates olfactory threshold and identification? Answer: Unfortunately, no.…

September 30, 2021 Question: My ENT doctor ordered an audiogram to be done by our audiologist. The doctor billed for…

September 16, 2021 Question: One of our doctors saw a patient and billed 31231 (nasal endoscopy). The doctor did not…

September 2, 2021 Question: We did a septoplasty and repair of nasal vestibular stenosis with spreader grafts using septal cartilage.…

August 19, 2021 Question: I’m trying to figure out when I can bill for both a direct laryngoscopy and a…

August 5, 2021 Question: I would like to know if there is a CPT code for parathyroid imaging.  I use…