April 1, 2021 Question: Would bilateral recurrent acute otitis media, on a patient that will need tympanostomy tubes, count as…

March 18, 2021 Question: We have an in-house CT which has made me confused about how to count the data…

March 4, 2021 Question: I was asked, by a new spine surgeon in town, to do the cervical approach for…

February 18, 2021 Question: In the new guidelines, how does Time affect billing for a teaching physician’s E/M service when…

February 4, 2021 Question: I’ve heard that all you need to document for family history is the word “none”, and…

January 21, 2021 Question: My doctor documents “significant undermining” to the free flap donor site (radial forearm) for an advancement…

December 17, 2020 Question: Can we report 35701 for the carotid vessel exploration in the recipient site when doing a…

December 3, 2020 Question: I did a right anterolateral thigh free flap and had to close the right thigh wound…

November 12, 2020 Question: My coder just told me about the new guidelines for 2021 office visit codes.  She said…

October 29, 2020 Question: We are doing a combined case with the neurosurgeon and are not sure how to code…

October 15, 2020 Question: What would the correct CPT code be for a tracheostomy performed using a Bjork flap? I…

October 1, 2020 Question: For patients that are having surgery that day, I’ve been doing pre-op visits that morning (coming…

September 17, 2020 Question: I work with an ENT and we don’t see many Medicare patients. The ENT believes the…

September 3, 2020 Question: I sent a patient out to the hospital for a CT scan and the patient brought…

August 20, 2020 Question: My physician is utilizing an open laceration on the patient’s chin for open reduction of a…

August 6, 2020 Question: Our coder recently attended one of your coding courses and her takeaway was that it was…

July 23, 2020 Question: When I do an endoscopic septoplasty would I report both 31231 (nasal endoscopy) and 30520 (septoplasty)?…

July 9, 2020 Question: I took out 3 deep cervical nodes for biopsy on the left side. Can I bill…

June 25, 2020 Question: We are starting to do cosmetic facial plastic procedures in our ENT practice. How do I…

June 11, 2020 Question: Are we able to bill for laryngeal nerve monitoring with thyroidectomy procedure? Answer: No – CPT…

May 28, 2020 Question: Can we charge a 31231 and a 30901, 30903, or 30905 if the scope is withdrawn…

May 14, 2020 Question: In an effort to phase our office “re-opening” to patients during the COVID pandemic, allergy serum…

April 30, 2020 Question: What documentation is needed to bill for a phone only visit besides time? Answer: There aren’t…

April 16, 2020 Question: Can we bill telephone calls to Medicare now that we can’t see the patient face- to-…

April 2, 2020 Question: Can we bill telehealth visits by time alone? Answer: Yes, if indicated by the code billed.…

March 19, 2020 Question: At a recent KZA coding course, you discussed being able to charge an office visit after…

March 5, 2020 Question: One of our major payors will not pay a 92504. They state that it is included…

February 20, 2020 Question: I billed 95992 (Epley) and 92532 for the Dix-Hallpike I did. I got paid for 95992…

February 6, 2020 Question: In the past, when I did a total thyroidectomy and I needed to re-implant a parathyroid…

January 23, 2020 Question: Our surgeon performed an evaluation of the external ear canal on a pediatric patient, under general…