by Medical Billing | May 28, 2021 | Medicare payment basics
CPT CODE and Description30075-16 [977] Biopsy of pancreas30473-00 [1005] Panendoscopy to duodenum30688-00 [1949] Endoscopic ultrasoundDOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPYDouble balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is an endoscopic technique that allows examination of the small...
by Medical Billing | Mar 15, 2021 | Medicare payment basics
MODIFIER 22-UNUSUAL PROCEDURAL SERVICES This modifier indicates that a procedure was complicated, complex, difficult, or took significantly more time than usually required by the provider to complete the procedure. Documentation should be in simple “layman...
by Medical Billing | Mar 14, 2021 | Medicare payment basics
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)What is an ACO?ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients.The goal of coordinated care is to ensure...
by Medical Billing | Feb 28, 2021 | Medicare payment basics
Procedure Code Changes and Description• Deleted Codes* 49080 – Peritoneocentesis, abdominal paracentesis, or peritoneal lavage (diagnostic or therapeutic); initial* 49081 – Peritoneocentesis, abdominal paracentesis, or peritoneal lavage (diagnostic or...
by Medical Billing | Feb 15, 2021 | Medicare payment basics
Procedure code and Description 47560 Laparoscopy, surgical; with guided transhepatic cholangiography, without biopsy47561 with guided transhepatic cholangiography with biopsy47562 cholecystectomy47563 cholecystectomy with cholangiography47564 cholecystectomy with...