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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive > April, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 4
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.

Categories: Code/Bill/Reimburse, Orthopedics, Other Surgery
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