This week’s Medicare updates include the OIG’s Fall 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress, updated guidance on behavioral health integration services, and more!
As denials rise, watch for E/M scrutiny with diagnostic X-rays. Billing experts advise that practices should be watchful for these and challenge them when they occur.
Our experts answer questions about the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, coding an excision of a ganglion cyst, and coding first-degree burns.
Q: What is the correct ICD-10-CM coding approach for poisoning cases that include documented manifestations, and how are these cases reflected in code selections and sequencing?
