Newsletter Features Denial Den View a different feature:   Coding Basics Denial Den Online Exclusives Modify What? Practice Management Tips Q & A You Code It! 2008 December: Denials based on payers not recognizing modifiers and other codes November: Vaccine counseling: when to use preventive medicine service codes and when to use immunization administration codes July: Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage May: Using codes 99050-99060 for after hours E/M services March: Understanding and negotiating payer contracts to avoid denials 2007 October: Bundling service with evaluation and management for straight urine catheterization September: Denial management and negotiation for hearing screening June: Venipuncture or capillary stick bundled with laboratory or E/M services May: Advocating for correct vision and hearing screening codes March: The nuts and bolts of reporting telephone care services 2006 October: Denial of handling fee 99000 when reported with other codes June: Denials when billing for ADD (code 314.00) and ADHD (code 314.01) May: Appealing payer downcoding based on diagnosis March: Appealing denials related to preventive medicine January: Appealing denials of concurrent care 2005 December: Appealing denials when using codes 31500, 36510, and 36660 Winter: Reporting a well and sick visit on the same day November: Steps for appealing denials October: Modifier 25 for vaccines September: Difficulties with billing carriers for services relating to ADD and ADHD Spring: Discharge codes 99238-99239 2003 Spring: Don't always take the word of major carriers 2002 Winter: 99173, vision screening Summer: Getting paid for newborn circumcision Spring: The importance of appealing denials 2001 Summer: Negotiating with third party payers Spring: Modifiers 60 and 25