You Be The Coder: August

by | Aug 25, 2015 | YouBeTheCoder

What would the correct CPT code assignment be for this scenario? A male patient, 54 years of age, comes in on May 3, 2014 for a scheduled transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The patient had an initial TURP back in August 2012 but is still experiencing...

Compliance Corner: August

by | Aug 19, 2015 | Compliance

Define the principle of “minimum necessary”? Answer: a covered entity must make reasonable efforts to use, disclose and request only the minimum amount of PHI needed to accomplish the intended purpose of it’s...

You Be the Coder: July

by | Jul 31, 2015 | YouBeTheCoder

Test your knowledge The Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (ABN)  A 67 year old Medicare patient comes into the office for a cosmetic skin procedure. The following day the billing office staff checked and found the reason for service was not medically...

You Be the Coder: June

by | Jun 22, 2015 | YouBeTheCoder

38 year old Female presented to the office for scheduled Essure sterilization. Patient identified, local anesthesia administered and the patient was placed in dorsal recumbent position. The physician uses a speculum to open the cervix and then places the hysteroscope...