SNOMED and the administrative future of medicine...
Editorial time, it has been awhile. A story about a stick and a carrot. And how they will affect the practice of medicine in the US.
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coding
After Hours Codes Update (99050, 99051, 99058)
In days of yore, I wrote about the pediatric usage of the 9905X CPT codes, often known as the "after hours" codes. In fact, I think my explanation here about how they should be used is still good (corrections, suggestions welcomed). Just before the h...
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Contest Ending / Medicaid Poll / Data Coming
First order of business: more resolutions. From a practice manager in NJ who shall go nameless, lest his staff read this blog:
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More ICD9 Madness
I did, indeed, have a request for a different analysis of the ICD9 data I posted yesterday. My thought was to group all of the ICD9s by their major groupings to get a more complete sense of the primary drivers of pediatric visits. My results below.
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Quick Coding Guide for Breastfeeding Related Services
Sometimes, I don't have to do any of the work except to make friends and provide attribution. Today's installment features a wonderfully concise, helpful guide to CPT coding for breastfeeding related services, care of the National Breastfeeding Cente...
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Health and Behavior Assessment and Intervention Codes (CPTs 96150-96155)
In 2010, CMS introduced a series of new behavioral and mental health codes which I think are best described by a helpful document from the Family Medicine Digital Library:
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2011 Immunization Product Table
Updated 05/07/12
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VEP Payments and Other Testing
At our Pediatric Practice Management and UC event 2 weeks ago (time flies!), the perennial question about whether practices are paid for their use of the VEP machine and CPT code 95930. It seems that just under 10% of PCC's practices us a machine lik...
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Podcasts/Chip Hart
I have a lot to share, suddenly. Details about The Great Downcoding (AETNA!), the 2026 RVU values, oh - and my new podcast. But this news is more timely.
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