CMS finalized the fiscal year (FY) 2023 inpatient procedure code set along with accompanying guidelines. The FY 2023 ICD-10-PCS procedure code set and the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and ...

Add-on code 0172T is used for the insertion of posterior spinous process distraction device (including necessary removal of bone or ligament for insertion and imaging guidance), lumbar; each ...

Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, today announces that the American Medical Association ...

The top senator on healthcare policy is taking a hard look at the American Medical Association’s “anti-patient and ...

Often, a physician will decide to perform a subchondroplasty during arthroscopic joint surgery to treat subchondral bone defects (microfractures). A version of this article was first published April 1 ...

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The Providence Journal analyzed billing data from all of the state’s acute care hospitals, ranging from diagnostic procedures ...

Bruce Feinberg, DO: Before we get to billing, whether it was 50, 150, or 500 genes, if the costs were the same, are there other issues with the number tested from a payer perspective? Eugean Jiwanmall ...

Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the recording ...

Coding is one of those dismal sciences that makes a big impact, but isn't exactly the sexiest part of a hospital's operations. This time around, however, the coding geeks had their day. Hospital chain ...

The first of November we welcomed the publication of the CY 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which clarified coding rules around cognitive function intervention. The same week we ...