Colon cancer screening is one of a number of procedures that fall under preventive care and services for which the patient may not have to pay a copayment, coinsurance or deductible. However, there ...

Why was the creation of a new audio-only modifier necessary? Several reasons: data collection, policy implementation, health care equity, widespread need, and service specificity.

For separately reported services specifically identified as preventive, the modifier should not be used. What this means to coders The application of modifier -33 is primarily to indicate the impact ...

Done correctly [2], coding automation has the ability to derive and apply from over 200,000 medical codes - ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, HCC, MIPS and Modifiers - ensuring accurate, efficient and ...

At the conclusion of the course, a 30-minute quiz will be administered to challenge participants' coding skills. Register online for Professional Medical Coding Training Module 7: Musculoskeletal ...