coding

CMS states the G2211 code modifier can be applied to “ongoing medical care related to a patient’s single, serious condition, or complex condition,” and that “G2211 captures the inherent complexity of the visit that’s derived from the longitudinal nature of the practitioner and patient...

Hi all - I work for a big academic medical center that does its billing via an internal hospital-owned entity. The internal billing entity is not anesthesia-specific, although they have a decent number of anesthesia dedicated coders/billers. I suspect there is a lot that isn't captured in our...

Hi everyone! When I went to college, I started off as a biomedical engineering major, but switched to Information Systems because I realized that it would be an easier major. However, my advisor is telling me not to major in this because it would be too hard to keep my gpa up with the...

Can someone explain the difference between "base units" in the ASA RVG and RVUs? I was looking at Dr. Faubel's wRVU/RVU guide and notice the RVUs are much lower than what I see in the RVG. I'm transitioning to PP, not good with this stuff. Dr. G

Our program requires us to spend an hour after clinic filling out coding and billing forms for all the patient encounters of the day. Is this commonplace? Is there a ACGME Milestone or other such requirement that states that residents should be spending time submitting billing codes? I...

This is a random coding question: Does it ever make sense not to submit a radiation delivery code but submit everything else? I am reviewing a practice and it seems that for a fair number of patients, everything (planning, IGRT, treatment mgmt) is submitted except the actual daily delivery code...