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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…
July 22, 2021 Question: We billed 31600 for a tracheostomy along with 41140 (total glossectomy). CPT 31600 was denied. How…
July 8, 2021 Question: Are CPT 30140 (submucous resection inferior turbinate) and 31254 (endoscopic anterior ethmoidectomy) bundled with code 62165…
June 24, 2021 Question: What is the CPT code for flexible laryngoscopy performed in the OR under anesthesia? Answer: Right…
June 10, 2021 Question: My physician is utilizing an open laceration on the patients chin for open reduction of a…
Articles
AAPC News – March 2017 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP CPT® 2017 captures the most up-to-date clinical services for…
Healthcare Business Monthly – November 2016 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP CPT® tells us when not to separately…
Coding and Reimbursement Strategies: Using an Unlisted Code for Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery – April 2013 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA,…