Few two-digit strings generate as much payer attention as modifier 25 — the flag for a significant, separately identifiable E/M service performed by the same practitioner on the same day…
For years, artificial intelligence lived at the edges of the CPT code set — a handful of Category III codes tracking emerging technology. CPT 2026 marks a turning point: AI-driven…
If there's one section of CPT 2026 that justified its own training session, it's peripheral vascular intervention. Effective January 1, 2026, the AMA deleted the lower extremity revascularization (LER) codes…
Exclusion notes are among the most misunderstood conventions in ICD-10-CM — and the April 1, 2026 update quietly changed several of them in ways that affect everyday code assignment. If…
Remote physiologic monitoring has been one of the fastest-growing service lines in outpatient medicine — and one of the most frustrating to bill. Until this year, the CPT structure assumed…
The CPT 2026 code set, effective January 1, 2026, delivered 418 total changes — 288 new codes, 84 deletions, and 46 revisions. That's a lot to absorb, so here's a…
A recent proposal to report prior authorization to insurance plans through CPT codes was withdrawn at the eleventh hour when its physician advocate made an unexpected discovery: For certain codes…
A push to improve reimbursement for remote patient monitoring programs has stalled, and that could prompt health systems and hospitals to think twice about launching or expanding their platforms. The…
CPT code +69990 Microsurgical techniques requiring use of operating microscope is assigned when a surgeon uses an operating/surgical microscope to aid in visualizing small/fine structures in the operating field during…
Medical experts have put on hold a proposal to create new billing codes for prior authorizations. The American Medical Association’s CPT (current procedural terminology) Editorial Panel was scheduled to meet…
Often called the “language of medicine,” the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set is always evolving, and one reason for that evolution is to lower the administrative burden for physicians and their…
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes provide a uniform nomenclature for coding medical procedures and services that are critical to the communication between multiple stakeholders about the care patients receive. They…
One way to assess creativity in medicine is to look at how physicians are incorporating technology such as telehealth, virtual reality (VR) and augmented intelligence (AI), often called artificial intelligence, into…
The AMA released the calendar year 2023 CPT code set, which builds on the AMA's efforts to reduce administrative tasks in medicine, according to a recent press release. The CPT…
New codes become effective Oct. 1, 2022. With the start of fiscal year (FY) 2023 right around the corner, this is a good time for clinical documentation integrity (CDI) professionals…
The American Medical Association (AMA) has released the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set for 2023, which contains updates that aim to reduce medical coding burden for evaluation and management…