Providers need to provide comprehensive training and education to not only coding staff but clinicians. Even clinicians should understand the organization’s coding guidelines, documentation requirements, and updates to coding systems (e.g., ICD-10-CM, CPT/HCPCS). This helps ensure tha...
CMS assigns HCPCS codes to APC’s based on similar clinical characteristic and similar costs. APC’s are used in outpatient surgery departments, outpatient clinic emergency department, and observation services. An OPPS payment status indicator is assigned to every CPT/HCPCS code, the indicators ...
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) also provides most of the certifications and advocates the correct application of CPT, HCPCS procedure and supply codes and ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes. Having certified personnel on board guarantees error free billing for you. 5. Their...
1. Find out the exact name of the procedure, and how it’s referred to in the medical billing system, referred to as Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) or CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes.These codes categorize the mind-numbingly huge number of medical procedures that...