The Medicine section of the CPT Manual includes codes for a variety of services including acupuncture, vaccinations, and behavioral health assessments and is divided into 33 subsections that can make it challenging to navigate.
Coding productivity held steady, but missing documentation and unanswered queries bog down coders, according to the results of our 2019 coding productivity survey
Case managers weathered several changes in 2019, and 2020 promises to bring more of the same. We reached out to experts to find out what issues are likely to be front and center in the coming year.
The attending physician has requested that case manager Eloise prepare Mrs. White for discharge five times, but each time, the night before the discharge day, the patient experiences a medical complication.
