Can you bill an unrelated procedure during the postoperative care of a patient? You can, with the right modifier! Global period is one of the most confusing concepts in medical billing. Therefore, we understand your hesitation. Since it bundles postoperative care with the initial surgery, healthcare providers find it challenging to bill for additional procedures. […]
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Modifiers help you provide additional details while billing for your service. Coding specificity ensures you receive rightful reimbursements every time. Some modifiers help you alert the payer that a procedure took more time, effort, and resources than a typical procedure. Thus, it is eligible for higher reimbursement. Others enable you to provide additional information about
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Medical coding is an intricate process that demands specificity to ensure you receive rightful reimbursements against your rendered services. That’s why there are hundreds of CPT codes, and some descriptors have minor differences. Even then, there are modifiers to help you achieve coding accuracy and avoid overcoding and undercoding issues because care services are often
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Did you skip an important billing step—insurance coverage verification? If you did, you might encounter a CO 96 denial code. Claim denials are frustrating and harmful to the practice’s revenue. Denial code 96 is unique because it is not just a billing oversight but a potential patient conflict and a threat to your reputation. It
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With so many patients to encounter, handling claims in-house often becomes a headache. You must pay attention to details while creating and submitting a medical claim and ensure timely and accurate reimbursements. Even a small mistake in code selection, documentation, or provider detail may lead to payment delays and denials, impacting your facility’s financial health.
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It all begins with a simple coding error, and your hard work becomes meaningless. While Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) does not have a large code set like others, some of its codes are add-ons. You know what that means? They cannot be billed separately! Don’t know how to bill add-on codes correctly? Let us help
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Left side, right side. One side, two sides. One claim line, separate claim line. Gosh! If your medical coding and billing woes for bilateral surgical procedures are never-ending, then it is time to quit stressing and start grasping. That’s right! We are here to tell you all about the bilateral modifier 50. Report 1 unit
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The concept of modifiers is hard to gauge, and errors can occur when the descriptions of modifiers are similar with minute differences. However, in the healthcare industry, mistakes in claims can have severe repercussions on your finances and practice reputation. This guide will help you understand modifier 77 in detail, from practical scenarios where you
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Do you think you understand everything about modifier 25? Think again! It is one of the few modifiers that are often under scrutiny due to frequent misuse. As we all know, incorrect use of billing modifiers can result in billing audits and hefty fines. But did you know that Medicare audit penalties can reach as
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Remote patient monitoring (RPM) or remote physiological monitoring gained traction in 2020 with the onset of the pandemic. Medicare was the first to cover it, and soon, Medicaid followed suit. Currently, Medicaid covers RPM in 42 states across the nation. Besides, many commercial payers within their telehealth coverage policies are covering RPM. The Current Procedural
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