CMS finalized an increase of 3.8 percent for ASC payment rates in CY 2023, which is consistent with CMS' policy for CYs 2019 through 2023 to update the ASC payment system using the hospital market basket update. CMS estimates this will result in a total of approximately $5.3 ...
A“consult” initiated by a patient, family member or third-party payer (in other words, a consult not requested by a physician) should not be billed using initial inpatient consultation codes. Medicare rules say this type of consult fits the definition of a confirmatory consult (CPT 99271-992...
The Medical Records Coding Specialist will be responsible for: * Abstracting, sequencing, and assigning diagnosis and procedure codes according to ICD-10-CM coding conventions and Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) definitions. Assigning CPT4 procedure codes following the appropriate guidelines,...