According to Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, a consultant specializing in ASC and hospital outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement and operations, when patients come in for arthroscopic shoulder surgery ...

The next two courses, “Medical Coding-Outpatient Services I (ICD-10-CM coding)” and “Medical Coding-Outpatient Services II (CPT and HCPCS coding),” will be offered online in the spring.

A new study suggests "upcoding" practices are growing across outpatient service lines. | The report, compiled by researchers at Trilliant Health, found that the share of visits that were coded at ...

8. Hammertoe repairs. Another common problem with orthopedic coding occurs with hammertoe repairs, Ms. Jones says. She says hammertoe repair CPT codes can be used for any technique used to repair a ...