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June 30, 2022 Question: I heard someone say the 2022 CPT manual will be updated in July with new codes.…
June 16, 2022 Question: What type of graft or fixation material is required to report open extra-articular knee ligament reconstruction…
June 2, 2022 Question: We are looking at CPT code 0707T for reporting subchondroplasty in our practice. We have never…
May 19, 2022 Question: We are an academic orthopaedic practice with an orthopaedic GME-approved residency program in a large metropolitan…
May 5, 2022 Question: I know in years past from attending KZA/ AAOS workshops that the instructors taught that bone…
April 21, 2022 Question: I am new to orthopaedic hand coding. I have a case where the surgeon repaired two…
April 7, 2022 Question: Our sports medicine physician is planning to perform a Prolotherapy procedure on a patient who has…
March 24, 2022 Question: Our surgeon documented an interposition arthroplasty and removal of both the trapezoid and trapezium bones. I…
March 10, 2022 Question: Our surgeon placed a patient on the OR schedule as an inpatient case. The surgery was…
February 24, 2022 Question: Can we code a laminectomy for disc herniation, such as 63030 or 63042, with a TLIF/PLIF…
February 10, 2022 Question: Our surgeon will be performing an OATS procedure with allograft on the humeral head. Will you…
January 27, 2022 Question: Our surgeon performed a thoracolumbar spinal procedure two weeks ago. The patient developed a wound infection…
December 30, 2021 Question: Is it correct CPT coding to report the ultrasound guidance CPT code 76942 when the physician…
December 16, 2021 Question: Our surgeon took a patient to the OR for secondary repair of an Achilles tendon tear.…
December 2, 2021 Question: Our surgeons occasionally perform subchondroplasty procedures. We are reporting this with an unlisted code and are…
November 11, 2021 Question: We are a pediatric orthopaedic spine practice. Our surgeons are telling us there is a new…
October 28, 2021 Question: We live in a northern state and frequently have patients who travel to warmer clients during…
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…
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…
