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Articles: Table of Contents
Arthroscopy
Diagnosis Coding
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Tips for Utilizing ICD-10-CM
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Clean up diagnosis coding for staged revisions
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Don't let sprain and strain drain your brain
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Five frequently asked questions about ICD-10
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When "7" is not a lucky number
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ICD-10 focus on common knee and shoulder codes
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ICD-10 coding of osteoarthritis
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It pays to learn diagnosis coding
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Accurately code external causes of injury
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Switching to ICD-10: the impact on physicians
Evaluation and Management (E & M)
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Medical necessity ≠ medical decision making
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Is your E&M documentation an audit risk?
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Practices must review E/M coding Orthopaedists must know profile; payers use it for audits
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HCFA, AMA tell how to code for E/M
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Proposed E/M guidelines favor menu of examinations
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Be careful in coding consult or referral
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Medicare clarifies rules on consults
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Confused over consultation codes?
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2006 E/M code change overview
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A simple system for coding E/M services
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Increase reimbursement with electronic billing
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P4P: Participation now may pay off later
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Making documentation problems history
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Answers to your coding questions
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Frequently asked coding questions
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Place of service affects your reimbursement
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Are you an E/M outlier?
Foot and Ankle
Fracture Care
Frequently Asked Questions
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Answers to Five Common Coding Questions
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FAQs April 2017
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Commonly asked coding questions September 2016
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Commonly asked coding questions September 2015
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Orthopaedic coding Q & A
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Commonly asked coding questions, October 2014
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Commonly asked coding questions - and the answers, May 2014
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Frequently asked coding questions, February 2014
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Frequently asked coding questions, February 2013
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A potpourri of coding questions, May 2013
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FAQs, April 2013
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Commonly asked fracture related coding questions, September 2012
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Commonly asked coding questions, July 2012
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Frequently asked coding questions
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Common coding questions & answers
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Answers to your coding questions
Hand and Wrist
HCPCS
Hip and Knee
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7 golden rules for reducing hip arthroscopy denials
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Hip and knee arthroplasty coding
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Coding knee arthroscopies
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Coding for knee arthroscopy and chondroplasty
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10 new Orthopaedic CPT codes
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Accurately code hip fractures
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Chondroplasty coding and documentation
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Accurately code knee procedures
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Introducing five new knee codes
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Coding hip procedures
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When hip revision surgery is not hip revision surgery
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The ins and outs of coding for hip resurfacing
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Reporting knee revision surgery correctly
Integumentary
Miscellaneous Coding
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Medicare sharpens focus on the global surgery package
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Documentation Guidelines for Medical Decision Making
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Medical Imaging and HIPAA Compliance
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Dispensing DME in Orthopaedics for Medicare
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Is your practice not getting paid?
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Don't be intimidated by ICD-10-CM changes
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Going after orthopaedic aftercare
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New orthopaedic CPT codes for 2015
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Is your documentation up to par?
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Coding changes will hit twice in 2014
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What to do when your claim's denied
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2013 orthopaedic related CPT code updates
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CPT coding update 2012 - Part 2
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CPT coding update 2012 - Part 1
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Reporting repeat procedures in the global period
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Changes in reporting wound debridement - 2
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Changes in reporting wound debridement - 1
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2011 CPT code updates
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Staff must know coding process
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Medicare increases coding detection
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Why accurate CPT codes are important
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Accurate coding vital to your practice
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How to access Federal Register
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1999 CPT book has many changes
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Coders must put 'why' into records
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Get paid for 'unlisted' procedures
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Compensation possible for preoperative H&P
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CMS auditing systems probe Medicare claims
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New, revised, deleted codes set for 2002
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AMA CPT Symposium Addresses six issues
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CPT 2002
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2003 coding changes
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Advice on selecting the correct code
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RVUs and you
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OIG puts fraud and abuse under watch
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Are you ready for 2006?
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Getting your share of CMS P4P 2007 bonus payments
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Facts and FAQs on the PQRI
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PQRI: A way to get more out of Medicare
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Second look: Regulatory/Reimbursement
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Category III code updates
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Introducing the 2009 CPT code updates
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CPT codes updated in 2009
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Is your practice audit ready?
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Hammering out coding challenges
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Coding of new technology and devices
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Reporting complications doesn't need to be complicated
Modifiers
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How to use modifier -25 correctly
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That was then, this is now: FAQs modifier -59 denials
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X subset modifiers and orthopaedic clinical examples
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Modifier -59 revisited
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The differences between modifiers 51 and 59
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Surgical modifier application during the global period
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How useful is the -22 modifier?
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Solving dilemma of -62, -82 modifiers
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HCFA eyes use -25 modifier with E/M
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Coding when there is more than one surgeon
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Using modifier AS for surgical assist services
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Managing modifier for surgical assistant services
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Modifier changes for 2008
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Additional modifier changes for 2008
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Ins and outs of modifier 58
Pain Management
Pediatric
Physician Assistants
Radiology
Shoulder & Elbow
Spine