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 Coding Methods / Correct Coding 

• Are You on Target to Meet Your Financial Goals?
• Billing for H1N1 Vaccine Administration
• Billing for preventive medicine and office visit
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Coding Provisions in Effect  
• Blue Cross Paying for New Codes
• Blue Cross Targeting Modifier 50 Misuse  
• Can I Override Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative Edits?
• Code Carefully for Bilateral Procedures   
• Code evaluation and management service by content, not duration
• Code the Correct Level of Subsequent Hospital Care
• Coding a Cancelled Procedure  
• Coding for Consultations at Nursing Homes
• Coding for Telephone Consultations
• Coding Tips for Surgical Debridement
• Correct Code for Billing a Routine Venipuncture
• Document Time for Psychotherapy Services   
• E&M Coding Advice  
• E&M Coding: What Not to Do  
• E&M Documentation Arcana Revealed
• Eye E&M Codes Subject to New Medicare Coding Edit
• Guidelines for documenting E&M services
• How to Use Modifier 59 in Medicare Claims   
• Hypertension G-Codes Causing Claim Denials
• It’s Flu Season 2015-16
• List Cost on Medicare Radiopharma Claims  
• Low-Level Code May Have High Misuse  NEW
• Make Modifiers Work for You  
• Make Physician Training in Coding Methods Part of Your Practice
• Medicare Audits Reveal Areas of Under- and Overpayment
• Medicare Do’s and Don’ts   
• Medicare, Two Insurers Set H1N1 Flu Vaccine Payments
• New CMS Modifiers Further Define Modifier 59   
• New Codes for Glaucoma Screening Services
• New Patient Visit: Three Years Is a Key
• New Place of Service Codes   
• New: Transitional Care Management CPT Codes
• Note These Two Medicare 2015 Coding and Billing Updates  
• Take Our Billing and Coding Quiz   NEW
• Use Correct Surgery Modifiers in Medicare Claims  
• Use G Code to Bill Medicare for New Authorization Under Demo Project  
• Use Modifier AT With Tetanus Vaccine 
• Use of Drug Wastage Modifier Starts July 1  NEW
• When a Patient Brings In a Chemo Drug …  

  Documentation

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Coding Provisions in Effect
• Document Time for Psychotherapy Services   
• E&M Documentation Arcana Revealed
• Guidelines for documenting E&M services  
• Workers’ Comp Centralizes Designated Doctor Reports, Narratives  

ICD-10

• Global Obstetric Package and ICD-10 Transition  NEW
• How Will ICD-10 Affect Practice Productivity?  
• ICD-10: All Systems Ready?
• ICD-10: Now the Real Work Begins  NEW
• The ICD-10 Grace Period Up Close
• The ICD-10 Grace Period: What It Is and Is Not   
• The Move to ICD-10: Dates of Service   
• Pay Attention to ICD-10’s Seventh Character  
• Set Your Post-ICD-10 Implementation Goals     

  Medicaid & Medicare

• Coding Tips for Surgical Debridement
• How to Use Modifier 59 in Medicare Claims
• It’s Flu Season 2015-16   
• List Cost on Medicare Radiopharma Claims   
• Medicaid Improves Formulary Search, Covers Consultation Codes
• Medicare Audits Reveal Areas of Under- and Overpayment
• Medicare Chronic Care Management: Who Can Bill for Service?  
• Medicare: Delays, Documentation, and an Update Reminder  
• Medicare Do’s and Don’ts  
• Medicare Pays for Some Inpatient Radiology and Pathology Services    
• Medicare Now Pays for Vaccine Counseling
• Medicare Physicians in Shortage Areas Will Get Automatic Bonus Payments  
• Medicare, Two Insurers Set H1N1 Flu Vaccine Payments
• Medicare Updates You May Have Missed  
• New CMS Modifiers Further Define Modifier 59  
• New Codes for Medicare Will Enable Electronic Reopening Requests  
• New Medicare Regs and Code Affect Wheelchair and Scooter Prescriptions
• New Patient Visit: Three Years Is a Key
• New: Transitional Care Management CPT Codes
• Not Using NDC Numbers on Medicaid Claims? Start NOW
• Note These Two Medicare 2015 Coding and Billing Updates  
• Novitas Gives Comanagement Surgery Guidance for Medicare Claims  
• NPI Entity Type 1/Type 2 and Medicare Provider Numbers  
• Use Correct Surgery Modifiers in Medicare Claims  
• Use G Code to Bill Medicare for New Authorization Under Demo Project   
• Use Modifier AT With Tetanus Vaccine   
• When a Patient Brings In a Chemo Drug …  

  Resources

• Can I Override Medicare's Correct Coding Initiative Edits?
• Make Physician Training in Coding Methods Part of Your Practice
• Payer Roundup, July 2016  NEW
• TMA Knowledge Center: Got Questions?
• What Triggers a Coding Audit?
• Working With Vendors Toward ICD-10  

  Workers' Compensation

• Using Unlisted Codes for Workers' Comp Services  
• Workers’ Comp Centralizes Designated Doctor Reports, Narratives