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Prescription Refill Visits
October 3, 2019 Question: We get calls from patients to renew their medications. When the patient comes to office to…
Use of a Scribe
September 19, 2019 Question: We are hiring a scribe for the doctor because it will help improve his documentation. Is…
Neurostimulators
September 5, 2019 Question: Can we bill implantation of a trial neurostimulator (63650) with CPT code 95970 for the electronic…
Does Your Practice Treat Pain?
Does Your Practice Treat Pain? AAOSNow – August 2019 by Cheryl Toth Interventional pain management is a growing specialty, and…
New Patient Visit
August 22, 2019 Question: One of our pain management doctors saw a patient in the hospital at the request of…
PA Performing Joint Injections
August 8, 2019 Question: Can our PA perform joint injections for Medicare patients Incident-to the physician? Answer: This depends on…
Documenting Codes In the Procedure Report
July 25, 2019 Question: I’ve been dictating CPT and ICD-10-CM codes in my procedure note so that my coder knows…
Incident-To Billing
July 11, 2019 Question: Our physicians have instructed us to bill under a physician’s NPI number for all Advanced Practitioners…
E/M with Procedure
June 20, 2019 Question: Can you provide the CPT code for this procedure? Also can I report an E/M service…
SI and Trigger Point Injections
June 6, 2019 Question: A patient comes to our office for a sacroiliac joint injection and is also requesting a…
Nerve Repair
May 23, 2019 Question: I know that CPT code 64910 is the code I report for a nerve repair of…
Lumbar Sympathetic Plexus Block
May 9, 2019 Question: I am new to pain management and am trying to find the correct CPT code for…
Nurse Giving a Trigger Point Injection
April 25, 2019 Question: In our office we have LPN’s working in our office who are giving trigger point injections…
Separate Procedure Definition
April 11, 2019 Question: What does “separate procedure” mean when it follows a CPT code description? Answer: Per CPT :…
Transforaminal Epidural Injection
March 28, 2019 Question: If I perform a transforaminal epidural injection of L4-L5 on both sides can I report CPT…
Botox Injection in the Hand
March 14, 2019 Question: I am trying to find a CPT code for a Botox injection in the right hand,…
Spinal Accessory Nerve Injection
February 28, 2019 Question: What CPT code do I use to report a spinal accessory nerve injection? Answer: CPT code…
Arthrocentesis with Fluoroscopy
February 14, 2019 Question: When I perform a hip injection using CPT 20610 and I use fluoroscopic guidance can I…
Ultrasound Guidance with a Carpal Tunnel Injection
January 31, 2019 Question: When performing a carpal tunnel injection (20526) using ultrasound, what do I need to document to…
Spinal Neurostimulators
January 17, 2019 Question: My physician inserted a permanent spinal neurostimulator and we used CPT 64655. He also billed CPT…
E/M on Same Day as an Injection
December 13, 2018 Question: My pain management physician saw a patient in the office and the chief complaint states that…
Diagnosis Code for Osteonecrosis
November 29, 2018 Question: I have a patient who for the past 6 months, has noticed an increase pain in…
Diagnosis Code for Infusion Pump Adjustment
November 15, 2018 Question: A patient had an adjustment to his infusion pump and I am not sure what diagnosis…
New Patient or Established
November 1, 2018 Question: If I see a new patient in consultation for a joint pain, treat and release them…
Femoral Nerve Block
October 18, 2018 Question: My physician has just started performing adductor canal continuous infusion pain blocks? How do I code…
Ultrasound Documentation
October 4, 2018 Question: What needs to be documented when I perform a procedure using ultrasound guidance? The insurance company…
Multiple Procedure Payment Formula
September 20, 2018 Question: What is Medicare’s multiple procedure payment formula? When I do more than one procedure, I know…
Code Submission Order on Claims
September 6, 2018 Question: When we are submitting multiple procedures on a claim, should we submit the CPT codes in…
NPP Reporting and Claim Form Line 24J
August 23, 2018 Question: How do we know whether to put the NPP (PA or NP) or physician NPI number…
Documenting the Initial Pain Assessment
August 9, 2018 Question: What needs to be documented for the initial assessment for a pain management patient to support…
Articles
Coding Trigger Point Injections for Pain Management
Articles Coding Trigger Point Injections for Pain Management Deborah Grider ICD10 Monitor – April 2018 Review your payer policies when…
Got a Good Governance Agreement? Use This 12-Point Checklist to Find Out
Healio Orthopedics Today – August 2017 by Karen Zupko A governance agreement is a written directive for how a practice’s…
