July 11, 2019 Question: What’s the best way to do the diagnosis coding for postop visits? I mean, does it…

June 20, 2019 Question: Can I bill for taking the patient back to the OR to explore and repair post-op…

June 6, 2019 Question: I’ve been dictating CPT codes in the operative note so that my coder knows what to…

May 23, 2019 Question: My work RVUs are down this year.  I do a lot of inferior turbinate submucous resection…

May 9, 2019 Question: When would I ever use G0268 for cerumen removal vs 69210? Answer: G0268 is a HCPCS…

April 25, 2019 Question: We are receiving denials for 31237, performed right after endoscopic sinus surgery, stating we did not…

April 11, 2019 Question: I recently attended a coding course you taught and learned a lot – thank you! I…

March 28, 2019 Question: My billing service is waiting for the pathology report and assigning the diagnosis and procedure code…

March 14, 2019 Question: If I do a cosmetic rhinoplasty and a functional septoplasty on a patient, should I document…

February 28, 2019 Question: I have a question on billing for allergy testing. All this time, and for any patient…

February 14, 2019 Question: We routinely bill 69631 (tympanoplasty) and 20922 (temporalis fascia graft).  We’ve been paid but now we’re…

January 31, 2019 Question: My ENT did a direct laryngoscopy with 2 biopsies of a laryngeal tumor.  Can we bill…

January 17, 2019 Question: We can’t get a revision rhinoplasty paid.  Is it ok if we use the septoplasty code…

December 13, 2018 Question: When our physicians are out of the office our NP will cover the office. We have…

November 29, 2018 Question: We use coding software to help us with modifiers, procedure descriptions, RVUs etc. In the description…

November 15, 2018 Question: We’ve been using 95018 for our prick and intradermal testing for inhalant allergy testing.  Suddenly we…

November 1, 2018 Question: We are getting denials of 20926 when we bill with 69620.  Can you help us write…

October 18, 2018 Question: I’m trying to find a code – can you help me please? I see this a…

October 4, 2018 Question: What do you think about a practice charging a nurse visit (99211) when a patient comes…

September 20, 2018 Question: My doctor wants me to bill +69990 (use of the operating microscope) with 69436 when she…

September 6, 2018 Question: I am being told that treating a post-tonsillectomy bleed in the ED with local anesthesia and…

August 23, 2018 Question: We are giving 5 allergy immunotherapy injections to a patient. Do we bill 95117 x 5…

Physicians Practice – August 22, 2018 by Karen Zupko Years ago, a “good referral” was described using the Three A’s…

August 9, 2018 Question: Can I bill 30930 with a modifier 50?  My physician and I are confused if it’s…

July 26, 2018 Question: We are removing old plates from the right and left mandible.  It is ok to use…

July 12, 2018 Question: What is Medicare’s multiple procedure payment formula? When I do more than one procedure, I know…

June 28, 2018 Question: Can I also bill for the complex repair when I’ve also excised a soft tissue tumor…

June 14, 2018 Question: I’m taking a patient to the OR for debridement of a dehiscent surgical wound and will…

May 31, 2018 Question: We want to start doing this new procedure but can’t find a code for it.  What…

May 17, 2018 Question: I saw a patient 6 weeks post-op T&A and went over the path report with mom…