In November, CMS finalized its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System ...

Often, a physician will decide to perform a subchondroplasty during arthroscopic joint surgery to treat subchondral bone defects (microfractures). A version of this article was first published April 1 ...

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Coding meniscectomies and ...

Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the recording ...

CPT code 97039 has been in a state of constant flux in Florida and recent rulings have created greater change. First, one must understand what 97039 is and its history. According to the American ...

Criteria used by payers to determine how to code and support the use of various genomic profiling assays used in oncology. Bruce Feinberg, DO: Before we get to billing, whether it was 50, 150, or 500 ...

CPT codes for spine surgery may not always fit circumstances, and in some cases this prompts calls for reforms. One of those codes, CPT 62380 has the attention of some spine surgeons. The code, for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This article will focus on answers to questions related to the most common coding conundrums that spine surgeons ...

SkinTE is currently available for investigational use only. Submission of a biologics license application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected in 2026, after which additional ...

Each Current Dental Terminology (CDT) code is a set of three written components for dental procedures that cover oral health and dentistry. The components are as follows: The procedural code is a five ...

Medical school curriculum is heavy in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and clinical rotations or clerkships. There is very little, if any, instruction on proper coding and billing for ...