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July 2010
Volume 5, Number 10
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Reporting Consultations Using Medicare Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated its requirements for reporting consultation services provided to Medicare patients. Effective with services provided and billed to the Medicare program on January 1, 2010, and after, the CMS directs a consulting physician to report the most appropriate available evaluation and management (E/M) code in lieu of reporting Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) consultation codes 99241–99245 and 99251–99255.


New CPT Codes for Pandemic Influenza Vaccines
Pandemic influenza vaccine codes 90664-90668 based on product type and route of administration


It's an Emergency!
ED visit codes 99281-99285 for unscheduled episodic services provided in an organized 24-hour hospital-based facility on an immediate basis


Q&A
Newborn visit in physician's office instead of hospital, classroom observation, counseling for unimmunized infant, and pregnant patient


Remote Critical Care Services
Patient management by a physician at a distant site at the request of the on-site pediatrician


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E/M and critical care provided in the emergency department


Crosswalking ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM: Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid (Online Exclusive)
Increased specificity and new codes for ICD-10-CM


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Quiz for AAPC Continuing Education Units


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