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 ...

According to Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, a consultant specializing in ASC and hospital outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement and operations, when patients come in for arthroscopic shoulder surgery ...

Coding of physician office visits can be very confusing – and is ever-changing. Every year, regulations and guidelines change, and it is difficult for providers to keep up. Most groups have coding ...

Nursing homes have forced Medicare to realign its spending on patients with higher medical complexity, including those with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure, Alzheimer’s disease and ...

Oregon Health & Science University Hospital is a 576-bed teaching hospital, biomedical research facility and Level I trauma center located on the campus of Oregon Health & Science University in ...

The partnership, announced in April, hopes to improve the accuracy of medical coding for cancer care. Healthcare continues to embrace technology in different areas and artificial intelligence is ...

Understanding pharmacology isn’t just for doctors—it’s a game-changer for medical coders. Knowing how drugs work and interact with diseases helps coders assign accurate CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10 codes.

Medical billing can be a complex, error-prone process, but Excel—when used with the right structure, formulas, and templates—can make it faster, cleaner, and more accurate. From automating repetitive ...