Coding for lumbar spinal fusion procedures in ASCs or outpatient centers is much different than coding for spinal fusion in the inpatient setting, according to the American Academy of Professional ...

Outpatient coders achieved higher average accuracy scores for the second consecutive year in Central Learning’s nationwide ICD-10 coding contest. Contest participants coded a total of 4,471 medical ...

As patient care continues to move from inpatient to outpatient settings, hospitals are mobilizing for change. The March 2016 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report to the Congress: Medicare ...

Some of these codes will be available for use as early as July 1. Over the last few months CMS has been releasing procedure codes for your revenue cycle teams, both for inpatients and outpatients. For ...

In the 2018 OPPS Final Rule, effective January 1, 2018, CMS added CPT code 92941 to the inpatient only list. The description of this CPT as provided by CMS is: “Percutaneous transluminal ...