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New Sedative Closer to FDA Approval

The FDA's Advisory Committee on Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs last week recommended the approval of the IV sedative fospropofol disodium (Aquava...

Court Paves Way for Anti-markup Pathology Crackdown

CMS has been given the green light to enforce its anti-markup rule barring physicians from billing for off-site anatomic pathology services after a ...

The Incisionless Future of Bariatric Surgery

A minimally invasive bariatric procedure for patients who haven't found success with other weight loss surgeries is gaining ground in the United Sta...

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Coding & Billing
Let It Be Written, Let It Be Done
Cristina Bentin, CCS-P, CPC-H, CMA

Is it a daily struggle getting your physicians to precisely document their procedures? You know the drill: They code what they did, but you code what they documented. The two don't match up, which means they get paid and your facility gets denied. To stress the importance of a physician's documentation meticulously describing the procedure(s) he performed, here are a few new and revised CPT codes for 2007 that require precise documentation for you to be reimbursed.

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