The transition to the ICD -10 and Related Health Problems appears to have gone well so far, despite widespread anxiety that it would wreak havoc across the healthcare industry as providers struggled to comply with the new coding structure, heightened specificity and documentation requirements.
If the medical provider performs bone biopsy at a level not addressed by the vertebroplasty, you may report biopsy alone with the 59 modifier appended to indicate the separate locations of the two procedures.
the AMA revised the codes and coding rules for moderate (conscious) sedation. In prior years, moderate sedation was bundled to with nearly 450 CPT® codes.
medical coding enables the efficient transmission of vast amounts of data. Moreover, it allows for uniform documentation of illnesses and treatments between medical facilities. At a national level, federal agencies use coding to track the prevalence of diseases.