Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This article is the second in a series to focus on common coding conundrums encountered by spine surgeons.

A Haglund’s deformity can be referred to by a number of different names such as bony enlargement, prominent bump, pump bump, or retrocalcaneal exostosis. Just as confusing is how an excision of the ...

Here are five ambulatory surgery center coding and billing tips from the team at National Medical Billing Services. 1. Use modifiers that meet payor guidelines. Ryan Flesner, direct of A/R for NMBS, ...

When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...

As of January 1, 2026, the medical coding landscape has undergone its most significant transformation in years, with the AMA releasing 418 CPT changes and CMS finalizing updated ICD-10-CM guidelines ...

In the past couple of years there have been numerous changes made to the code sets for reporting arthrodesis techniques, instrumentation and bone grafts versus biomechanical devices so let’s review ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This article will focus on answers to questions related to the most common coding conundrums that spine surgeons ...

The American Health Information Management Association has outlined core clinical documentation guidelines for coding medical diagnoses and procedures in 2013 and 2014. In a new white paper, AHIMA ...

The new Medicare and Medicaid coding guidelines for office visits are a big deal. Ensuring that they benefit the people who need them is a bigger one. It is clearer now that the federal government and ...

Cataract surgery may be routine in the operating room, but it’s anything but simple when it comes to billing and coding. From understanding the 90‑day global period to applying the right modifiers for ...