Official Update to the HCPCS Code System

Medical coders use HCPCS codes to report medical procedures to Medicare, Medicaid, and several other third-party payors.

Watch for Bundles

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.

Bristol Healthcare Service Transitioned to ICD-10 well Before 2016

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.