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October 14, 2021 Question: Our orthopaedic shoulder surgeon treated a patient with two massive rotator cuff tears that were not…
September 30, 2021 Question: Our foot and ankle surgeon performed a reconstruction of the ATFL and the CFL ligament in…
September 16, 2021 Question: Our pain management physician stated he performed a trigger point injection into 1 muscle. In reviewing…
September 2, 2021 Question: I’ve been dictating CPT and ICD-10-CM codes in my procedure note so that my coder knows…
August 19, 2021 Question: We recently employed a new sports medicine physician and met with her about the type of…
August 5, 2021 Question: Our sports medicine physician submitted an office note with documentation that he performed an “elbow injection.”…
July 22, 2021 Question: Our surgeon attempted to remove deep hardware in the operating room but was unable after multiple…
July 8, 2021 Question: I’m using Code-X at my practice and, unfortunately, I couldn’t find physician fee reimbursement in the…
June 24, 2021 Question: Our foot and ankle surgeon performed a right talar arthroscopic intraosseous bioplasty core decompression for an…
June 10, 2021 Question: Our physician diagnosed non-displaced middle phalangeal fractures on the right index, middle, ring, and little fingers…
May 27, 2021 Question: Our practice understands how to report shared services in the hospital when the physician assistant and…
May 13, 2021 Question: Our surgeon documented an excision and curettage of a bone cyst from the tibia and the…
April 29, 2021 Question: I am new to coding and have a question. I remember studying about “separate procedures” and…
April 15, 2021 Question: In the new guidelines, how does Time affect billing for a teaching physician’s E/M service when…
April 1, 2021 Question: A new patient presents with a CD of an MRI that was performed at an outside…
March 18, 2021 Question: We are switching to a new EHR system. We have not always had great compliance with…
March 4, 2021 Question: We have a surgeon who performed an ORIF of an open tibia fracture and placed bone…
February 18, 2021 Question: Our orthopaedic sports medicine physician recently injected blood at a tendon insertion site for treatment of…
February 4, 2021 Question: One of our physician assistants’ saw one of our established Medicare in the emergency room for…
January 21, 2021 Question: In the new guidelines, how does Time affect billing for a teaching physician’s E/M service when…
December 17, 2020 Question: I’ve heard that all you need to document for family history is the word “none”, and…
December 3, 2020 Question: Our surgeon performed a reconstruction of a patella dislocation and also did an arthrotomy of the…
November 12, 2020 Question: I heard that the E/M code guidelines are changing in 2021. Will this apply to all…
October 29, 2020 Question: My physician performed an SI joint injection in the ASC under ultrasound guidance and wants to…
October 15, 2020 Question: Our surgeon frequently documents in the procedure title that an arthroscopic subacromial decompression was performed. We…
October 1, 2020 Question: We have a patient who had knee surgery and required a return to the operating suite…
September 17, 2020 Question: Our physicians are looking at purchasing generic Hyaluronan instead of purchasing the name brand Orthovisc or…
September 3, 2020 Question: Which CPT code is used 20550 or 20551 for a trigger finger /A1 pulley injection? Answer:…
August 6, 2020 Question: I am new in orthopaedics and am reviewing an operative note. The patient had a total…
July 23, 2020 Question: I work with a sports surgeon and we see just a few Medicare patients. The surgeon…
Articles
Five Coding Tips for Dealing with Third-party Billing Entities AAOSNow – February 2020 by Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC Whether due…
ORTHOWORLD – December 11, 2019 In 2017, the American Medical Association surveyed physicians across all specialties about the amount of…
Therapy Billing: Be Sure Your Team Is Doing Things Right AAOSNow – October 2019 by Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC Many…
Coding Errors Can Cost You Money and Potentially a Sale Healio Orthopedics – October 2019 by Karen Zupko As more…
How to Bill and Get Paid for Unlisted Procedures AAOSNow – September 2019 by Cheryl Toth Orthopaedic surgeons often perform…
Does Your Practice Treat Pain? AAOSNow – August 2019 by Cheryl Toth Interventional pain management is a growing specialty, and…
Practice Acquisition: How to be Easy to Do Business With Healio Orthopedics – August 2019 by Karen Zupko When was…
AAOS Now – July 2019 by Sarah Wiskerchen A previous article published in AAOS Now (“How to Avoid Common Mistakes…
Tips and Best Practices for Using Code-X AAOS Now – June 2019 by Cheryl Toth After speaking with Michael Marks,…
Coding Experts Weigh in on the Value of Code-X AAOS Now – May 2019 by Cheryl Toth If you are…
Articles Are Physicians Required to Return Overpayments? Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA Michael Sacopulos, JD AAOS Now – May 2018…
Articles Arthroscopy Coding for Major Joints – Shoulder Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA AAOS Now – March 2018 An accurate understanding…
Arthroscopy Coding for Major Joints – Knee AAOS Now – February 2018 By: Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA When the…
Articles What is in that alphabet soup? Deciphering Coding Acronyms to Support Reimbursement Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC Healio Orthopedics •…
Have You Heard the Latest Medical Liability Risk? AAOS Now – January 2018 By: Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA and Daniel R.…
Dispensing DME in Orthopaedics for Medicare – November 2017 AAOSNow by Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC Answers to key coding questions…
Medical Imaging and HIPAA Compliance AAOS Now – October 2017 By: Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA What orthopaedic surgeons need…
Six Steps for Conducting an Internal Evaluation & Management Audit Healio Orthopedics • Orthopedics Today – September 2017 by Sarah Wiskerchen,…
Work RVU compensation formulas and surgery modifiers: To discount RVUs or not Orthopedics Today – September 2017 by Sarah Wiskerchen,…
Telehealth at a Tipping Point – September 2017 By: Betty A. Hovey, CCS-P, CPC, CPMA, CPCD, and Cheryl Toth, MBA…
Top 10 HIPAA Mistakes for Practices to Avoid – September 2017 By: Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA, and Michael Sacopulos,…
Documentation Guidelines for Medical Decision Making – August 2017 by Margaret M. Maley, BSN, MS With a brief history of…
Healio Orthopedics Today – August 2017 by Karen Zupko A governance agreement is a written directive for how a practice’s…
Medicare Sharpens Focus on the Global Surgical Package – June 2017 by Margaret M. Maley, BSN, MS The Centers for…
AAOSNow – April 2017 by Karen Zupko Frequently Asked Questions – Pain Management In Orthopaedic Practices Increasingly, pain management specialists—physical medicine…
2017 Medicare Guidelines for Imaging – March 2017 by Margaret M. Maley, BSN, MS Effective Jan. 1, 2017, “FX” is a…
AAOS Now – January 2017 by Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA Every autumn, the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural…
AAOS Now – December 2016 by Michael R. Marks, MD, MBA If a constant stream of denials for hip arthroscopy…
AAOS Now – November 2016 by Kim Pollock, RN, MBA, CPC, CMDP Spine surgeons face a multitude of Current Procedural…
Don’t Be Intimidated by ICD-10-CM Changes – October 2016 by Margaret M. Maley, BSN, MS A systematic look at the code…
