The amount Medicare pays per RVU gets its first substantial boost in years, but most of the increase will expire at the end of 2026 unless Congress acts. Editor's note: This article was updated to ...

Changes in critical care, care plan oversight, lab services and vaccines are most likely to affect family physicians. Once again it’s that time of year when we joyfully (groan!) put to use all the CPT ...

HCPCS code E0150 — defined as “Combination wheeled walker with seat and transport chair, folding, adjustable or fixed height” ...

CMS added 144 services to its list of physician telehealth services that will continue to be covered beyond the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. CMS recently released MLN Matters MM12126, ...

Our last coding challenge comes with determining the reporting of CPT code 29877 vs. HCPCS Level II Code G0289, Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, for removal of loose body, foreign body, ...

The newsletter outlines key differences between off-the-shelf (OTS), custom fitted, and custom fabricated knee orthoses, which dictate HCPCS coding and billing for these items. Physician and ...

Note: The words in the CPT description for codes 45383-45385 — “tumor (s), polyp (s), or other lesion (s)” — indicate that only one code may be assigned per colonoscopy. When the above procedures are ...