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CWTC [Episode 208] New Digital Medicine Codes, IGC Selection, Pre Diabetes with, CT Malfunction

CWTC [Episode 207] Telehealth, Conditions with Excludes1 Notes, Potentially Linked Conditions

CWTC [Episode 206] Fractures, Pathological or Otherwise?

CWTC [Episode 205] E&M Documentation, The AMA Grid, and Patterns of Documentation

CWTC [Episode 204] Stigmatization of Obesity Codes in Children and Adults

CWTC [Episode 203] E16 Codes for Diabetes in FY2025

CWTC [Episode 202] My Provider States 'Obesity' - Isn't Something More Needed?

CWTC [Episode 201] What's the Purpose of a Query?

CWTC [Episode 200] New ICD-10-CM Codes for 2025 Coming Your Way

CWTC [Episode 199] When it Looks Like a Stroke, Can I Report it as a Stroke in IRF?

CWTC [Episode 198] Do Your QHPs Assign E&Ms on a Wing and a Prayer?

CWTC [Episode 197] Prolonged Services, Who's Watching the Clock?

CWTC [Episode 196] Are You Getting Enough Specificity?

CWTC [Episode 195] Let's Talk Stark, Not Tony

CWTC [Episode 194] What Incident To Means to Your Practice

CWTC [Episode 192] Proximal Femur Periprosthetic Fractures and IGC Selection

CWTC [Episode 191] Eclipse Coding - What?

CWTC [Episode 190] Proper 7th Characters in the IRF Setting

CWTC [Episode 189] "We think We Have a Coding Problem"

CWTC [Episode 188] What's the Big Deal with Discharge Disposition?

CWTC [Episode 186] Skull Mounted Neurostimulators, Screening Colonoscopy Through Stoma, Bacterial Vaginitis at Delivery

CWTC [Episode 185] COVID, Currently

CWTC [Episode 184] Welcome to 2024

CWTC [Episode 183] Inherent Complexity with Evaluation & Management Services

CWTC [Episode 182] Split Shared Visits

CWTC [Episode 181] New Services Billed to Medicare, Genetic Counseling, AWV Documentation with Attestation

CWTC [Episode 180] Amending Medical Records

CWTC [Episode 179] Amending a Medical Record, Plus Jobs for Coders and IGC Selection

CWTC [Episode 178] ICD-11, Neoplasm or Gastric Surgery Aftercare, Steroid Induced Hyperglycemia

CWTC [Episode 177] IRF IGC 16 Debility

CWTC [Episode 175] Grave's Disease, CGA Staging, Uncontrolled Diabetes

CWTC [Episode 174] Helping Providers with Documentation, Aftercare from Surgery in IRF, Subsequent Care of Fx, New Contest

CWTC [Episode 173] Shark Week! Plus Can I Get a Tier With That?

CWTC [Episode 172] Reporting Chronic Illness on the UB-04

CWTC [Episode 171] Symptoms on the Claim Form, Diabetes and Gangrene in IRF, Post Surgical Admission Reporting

CWTC [Episode 170] DEIP Flap Reconstruction and User Submitted Topics

CWTC [Episode 169] HCCs, Multiple Conditions Responsible for Admission, Colonoscopy after Positive Cologuard

CWTC [Episode 168] Compliance Plans, Peer Practices, Attention to Trach

CWTC [Episode 167] Compliance Plans, Reporting COVID Tests, IRF PDx

CWTC [Episode 166] Integrated Behavioral Health Services, Link Between Anxiety and Alcohol Abuse, Telehealth After PHE Ends

CWTC [Episode 165] Split-Shared vs Incident To, AKA due to, Congenital Heart Disease in IRF, Etio vs Principal, Counting Labs for MDM

CWTC [Episode 164] OIG Enforcement Actions

CWTC [Episode 163] Modifier 25 and Modifier 59

CWTC [Episode 162] The PHE is Ending - What Changes?

CWTC [Episode 161] Queries

CWTC [Episode 160] UB vs IRF PAI, Current Problems,

CWTC [Episode 159] The No Surprises Act, OB Care by Multiple Practices, IRF H&P Requirements,

CWTC [Episode 158] CMS Final Rules for 2023

CWTC [Episode 157] What's That Diagnosis?

CWTC [Episode 156] Evaluation & Management Changes for CY2023

CWTC [Episode 155] Reporting COVID Vaccines

CWTC [Episode 154] Becoming a Coder or Biller, PT OT SLP Telehealth

CWTC [Episode 153] Post Op Hematoma, Depression Screens, Quantifying Over or Under Billing

CWTC [Episode 152] Injections, Infusions, Hydrations, Oh My

CWTC [Episode 151] Ultrasound IV Access, Level 3 During Preventative Visit, Tight Nuchal Cord

CWTC [Episode 150] Active Tx or History of, Fracture Tx without Manipulation

CWTC [Episode 149] Place of Service Selection

CWTC [Episode 148] Reporting 96127 or 96138

CWTC [Episode 147] PHQ2 Tool, Monkey Pox Vaccination, and Breast Implant Replacement

CWTC [Episode 146] Discharge Day Reporting, DM and Neuropathy, Non Physician Documentation

CWTC [Episode 145] Genetic Testing in Cancer Patients, CVA Reporting, IGC Selection

CWTC [Episode 144] CVA on IRF-PAI, IRF PDx and 2Dx, IGC vs Comorbids, Z Code for Traumatic Fracture

CWTC [Episode 143] Biloma in ICD-10, Etio Dx in IRF, ABN

CWTC [Episode 142] IGC Selection, Blue Cap Booster Reporting, Multiple Hernia Repair via One Access Point

CWTC [Episode 141] Questionnaires as Part of EM Level, Billing Locum

CWTC [Episode 140] Reporting Autism, Sequencing for Etiologic, Uncertain Dx for IRF PAI and UB

CWTC [Episode 139] Office Visit by Two Providers, Guillain-Barre on IRF PAI and UB, and PT Under Direction of NP

CWTC [Episode 138] Becoming a Coder, Billing Telehealth PT/OT and Speech

CWTC [Episode 137] Plans of Care for Therapy, Time Spent on Paperwork, Incentivizing Employed Physicians

CWTC [Episode 136] Supporting the Physician's Documentation, Presence of Holter Monitor in IRF

CWTC [Episode 134] Debridement with Compression System, OA Caused by Fracture, Diastolic Heart Failure

CWTC [Episode 133] Etio for Hip Fx, Billing Surgical Tech as Assistant, Cardiac Cath with US Guidance

CWTC [Episode 132] Med Student Documentation and OP Discontinued Surgery

CWTC [Episode 131] Continue Medication as E&M Complexity and Unspecified Neuromuscular Disorder as Etiologic

CWTC [Episode 130] Discontinued Surgery, Modifier -54, Injection During Office Visit

CWTC [Episode 129] NPP Documentation in IRF, Diagnostic Cardiology and Using a Scribe

CWTC [Episode 128] Which Dx are reported During AWV and Is This Query Ok?

CWTC [Episode 127] Substance Qualifiers and Impending Fracture

CWTC [Episode 126] IGC Selection for Transmetatarsal, Isn't Pseudomonas a C Tier?

CWTC [Episode 125] COVID Booster Codes, Modifier 58, Fournier Gangrene

CWTC [Episode 124] Covid Toes, ASC Claims, Consent to Sterilize

CWTC [Episode 123] Concurrent Multiple Therapies, Documenting for Orthotics, Reporting Electrodes with TENS Tx

CWTC [Episode 122] Debility vs Medically Complex in IRF, Brain Injury due to PRES

CWTC [Episode 121] Mutually Exclusive Therapies and IRF Discharge Disposition

CWTC [Episode 120] Hypercoaguable State, Guillian Barre due to, Recurrent DVT

CWTC [Episode 119] Sequella for SDH, Coding from the Acute Record in IRF, Routine Observation After Surgery

CWTC [Episode 118] Interrupted Stay or LOA, Attention to Trach, CMGs

CWTC [Episode 117] Sequencing Periprosthetic Fractures, HCPCS for Orthotics

CWTC [Episode 116] Therapy Documentation Requirements, Billing C-Section

CWTC [Episode 115] What if I Learn I'm Doing it Incorrectly?

CWTC [Episode 114] Reporting Dx from Lab Values, DTPI, Suspected Autism

CWTC [Episode 113] Modifier 22, Post COVID Syndrome, Critical Limb Ischemia

CWTC [Episode 112] Documentation of Chief Complaint, Reporting Multiple Injections, Low Blood Sugar, IRF Reporting

CWTC [Episode 111] Reporting Pressure Injury, NPs and PT, Sequencing Multiple Modifiers

CWTC [Episode 110] Modifier 95, R Codes for IRF PAI

CWTC [Episode 109] Venipuncture at RHC, IRF Etiologic, and Low Blood Sugar Reporting

CWTC [Episode 108] Billing for "Caine" Drugs, COVID Reporting

CWTC [Episode 107] CVAs and Billing Medicare for PT Services

CWTC [Episode 106] Coding From the PAS, Reporting Visits by a Pharmacist in a Physician Practice

CWTC [Episode 105] COVID Vaccines

CWTC [Episode 104] Documentation Concerns, Second Etiologic

CWTC [Episode 103] MDM and Time in 2021, Is Obesity a Complication, Carpel Tunnel Revision Reporting

CWTC [Episode 102] Covid Test Reimbursement, Poorly Controlled Diabetes, Left Heart Cath FFR

CWTC [Episode 101] Conflicting Physician Diagnoses, What Happened to T07, Deconditioning as Diagnosis in IRF

CWTC [Episode 100] Signatures and Chiropractor Capabilities

CWTC [Episode 99] Stroke Deficits, Disuse Myopathy, Aftercare for Stoma

CWTC [Episode 98] Obs After Surgery, Order Plus POC, Selecting the PDx

CWTC [Episode 97] PDx in Rehab, Acute Rejection in Pathology Report, Timed Physical Therapy Units, Determination of Compliance Exposure

CWTC [Episode 96] Status Post as Etiologic, Ablation with Polypectomy, Pre-Admission Screening

CWTC [Episode 95] 7th Character for Comorbidities, Bilateral LE Weakness, Timed Therapy Minutes

CWTC [Episode 94] AKA Revision in PCS, Obesity a Complication, Reporting Injections and Infusions

CWTC [Episode 93] Inpatient COVID-19 Testing, IRF IGC and UB-04 Primary Diagnosis

CWTC [Episode 92] Colonoscopy, COVID-19 in IRF, Acute on Chronic Respiratory Condition

CWTC [Episode 91] Etiologic Sequencing for IGC 05, Aftercare vs Acute Kidney Injury in Rehab

CWTC [Episode 90] Billing Telehealth, DR Modifier, Discharge Status

CWTC [Episode 89] Spinal Stenosis with Myelopathy and IRF COVID Scenarios

CWTC [Episode 88] COVID-19 Questions

CWTC [Episode 87] Reporting COVID-19

CWTC [Episode 86] Laterjet, Rehab Etiologic Specificity, Swing Bed Procedure Billing

CWTC [Episode 85] Reporting Insulin in Observation, Colonoscopy Reporting and IRFPAI vs UB Matching

CWTC [Episode 84] POA for Pregnant Patient, IGC Change From PAS to PAPE

CWTC [Episode 83] Acute Hospital Inpatient Order, Colonoscopy with, Principal Diagnosis for Resolved Etiologic

CWTC [Episode 82] Pathologic Fx IGC, Laminectomy in PCS, ED Visit Unrelated During Global Period, Fx with Debridement

CWTC [Episode 81] Counting Specimens in Pathology, Reporting Requirements for 76937, Etio on IRFPAI

CWTC [Episode 80] Coding from PAS in IRF, Underage Pregnancy Code, PT in Patient's Home

CWTC [Episode 79] Excisional debridement, Osteoporotic Fractures, Etiologic vs Principal in IRF

CWTC [Episode 78] Need for Z992, 3 Etiologics for IRFPAI, Left Heart Cath Reporting

CWTC [Episode 77] SCI or NTSCI, IRF IGC Selection, Likely Diagnosis

CWTC [Episode 76] IRF Coding from the PAS, Billing Date for Teaching Physician

CWTC [Episode 75] Exacerbated MS, 7th Character Concern, Resolved Etiologic Diagnosis

CWTC [Episode 74] West Nile Virus or Sequelae, Assistant Surgeon for Carotid Cutdown

CWTC [Episode 73] Peritoneal Adhesions, RSV Billing, IGC Selection, ER CPT Codes

CWTC [Episode 72] Laminectomy Instrumentation, Rehab Admitting Diagnosis, PA Under Multiple Providers

CWTC [Episode 71] Dialysis Duration, Excisional Debridement and 7th Character for Comorbids in IRF

CWTC [Episode 70] SDH - Traumatic or Not, OB Care By Different Providers

CWTC [Episode 69] Reporting Coding Concerns, Possible, Probable in IRF, Pass-Through Billing

CWTC [Episode 68] 7th Character and POA in IRF, Trach Status

CWTC [Episode 67] PCS Insertion Code, Mid-Level Sees New Patients, PDx for Stroke in IRF

CWTC [Episode 66] Can NP bill New Patient as Incident To, IGC Selection

CWTC [Episode 65] Pricing within tax ID, Mid-Level Assistant Surgeon, UB-04 when IGC is Debility

CWTC [Episode 64] Patient Getting Chemo Elsewhere, Software Edits for Infusions and Injections

CWTC [Episode 63] Allergy Testing Codes, IRF Suspected Dx, Pt witnessed Abuse

CWTC [Episode 62] Diabetic Retinopathy Type 1 or 2, PPS vs Coders in IRF, Therapy Prior to Plan of Care, Modifiers

CWTC [Episode 61] Combination Code on IRF-PAI, Resolving or Improving Diagnoses, Changing the IGC after Day 4

CWTC [Episode 60] IGC Selection and Document Identification

CWTC [Episode 59] Left Heart Cath with, Rotator Cuff Disorder, and Can We Bill This Code?

CWTC [Episode 58] Critical Illness Myopathy, Traumatic Spine v Other Ortho for IGC, ask the Provider, P05.9

CWTC [Episode 57] Rhabdo v Meningitis, Chronic Dx in E&M, Brain Neoplasm v Hemorrhage, Last 2 Days in IRF

CWTC [Episode 56] IGC Selection 02 or 04, Critical Illness Myopathy, and IGC 14_9

CWTC [Episode 55] BMI Reporting, Anemia & Pancytopenia, Symptom as Principle

CWTC [Episode 53] Differing Diagnoses from Acute to Rehab, 7th Character for Comorbids, New E&M Reduced Documentation

CWTC [Episode 54] Tetrology of Fallot, Insurance and Billing Concerns

CWTC [Episode 52] AMI in Transplanted Heart, IGC selection and Last Two Days in IRF

CWTC [Episode 51] AMA Conference 2018, E&M Updates

CWTC [Episode 50] FQHC, Complications vs Comorbidities in IRF, BMI, Profee vs Facility Reimbursement

CWTC [Episode 49] Multiple Etio Codes in IRF, Mobility Deficit, Dehiscence

CWTC [Episode 48] Slow MOHs, Multiple Fx, Stroke vs Fall, EMRs

CWTC [Episode 47] Readmissions after IRF Discharge, Etiologic Selection, Cancer Treatment Time Frame, Multiple Fx

CWTC [Episode 46] Comorbid or Complication, Discharge Status, Injections and Infusions

CWTC [Episode 45] E11, Suicide Ideation, Pressure Ulcer, Radiculopathy and SCI, Excision

CWTC [Episode 44] Myopathy vs Atrophy, Tiering in IRF, Class 3 Obesity vs Morbid Obesity

CWTC [Episode 43] Etiologic Selection in IRF, Bilateral TKA, E&M Selection

CWTC [Episode 42] Fracture, Anesthesia, Remission, Discharge Service

CWTC [Episode 41] Neuropraxia, Stroke Residuals in IRF, Z99.2

CWTC [Episode 40] Non-epileptiform seizures, Multiple Fractures as Etio, Validating Dysphagia, BMI

CWTC [Episode 39] POA in IRF, Interrupted Stay, and ESRD with Acute Renal Failure

CWTC [Episode 38] IGC Selection, MCRP in PCS, Infusion vs Hydration

CWTC [Episode 37] Obesity Counseling, Revascularization Reporting, Weakness in IRF, BMI for non-standard bodies

CWTC [Episode 36] Debility in IRF, Z51.89, Split Shared Visits with Georgia Medicaid and Fracture Specificity

CWTC [Episode 35] MRI during Rehab, Denials and 60%, Morbid Obesity, Diabetes, 7th Character

CWTC [Episode 34] 7th Character in IRF, Should I Query, Principal on UB

CWTC [Episode 33] Spina Bifida, Queries and CoMorbids, Procedure Only

CWTC [Episode 32] AVM, Probable Stroke, Resolved Etiologic

CWTC [Episode 31] Condition resolved prior to admission, Pelvic Fx in IRF, NStemi in IRF, UB vs IRF-PAI

CWTC [Episode 30] Monitored Diagnoses, Cystic Fibrosis Guidelines

CWTC [Episode 29] Bilateral and unilateral sinus, Anoxic brain in IRF, Medical Insurance for dental surgery

CWTC [Episode 28] Readmission Class, Presumptive Qualification, Consulting Physicians, Modifiers -96 and -97

CWTC [Episode 27] Hospital Based Clinics, Ignoring Guidelines

CWTC [Episode 26] E&M Guidelines, Hydration Breaks, Scribes

CWTC [Episode 25] Debility in IRF, IGC 17, and IRF Short Stay Coding

CWTC [Episode 24] POS13, IRF Focus of Care Changes, Cervical Myelopathy, and NTSC

CWTC [Episode 23] Multiple Fx in IRF, Types of AMIs, Z-codes, TBI vs Multiple Fx

CWTC [Episode 22] Salpingectomies, Comorbidities in IRF, Associating Diabetes

CWTC [Episode 21] Payer Auto-rejections in Physician Office, Etiologic Selection in Inpatient Rehab

CWTC [Episode 20] Hospital vs Practice Code Match, Gestational DM, TBI Residuals in Rehab

CWTC [Episode 19] Uremic Neuropathy, Payor Requirements, Secondary Dx in Terminal Cases, Petechial Hemorrhage Reporting

CWTC [Episode 18] Antibiotic Spacer, Possible/Probable for IRF-PAI, PreAdmission Screen, Non-Covered Services

CWTC [Episode 17] PCS for Frozen Plasma, Polydactyly PCS, Diabetes with Manifestations in IRF

CWTC [Episode 16] Conflicting Rules, BMI, Etiologic Selection

CWTC [Episode 15] IGC for JRA, Ideopathic v Unspecified, A v D in Rehab (Fracture Care), Subacute Cerebellar Syndrome

CWTC [Episode 14] BMI, NST, IRF scenarios

CWTC [Episode 13] 7th Character in the IRF, Push Enteroscopy

CWTC [Episode 12] "D" vs "A" in Rehab Coding, DIEP, Etiologic Choice

CWTC [Episode 11] Gastrostomy in IRF, CVA as Comorbid, CPT 23550 or Another

CWTC [Episode 10] CVA and Hemiplegia, 7th Characters in IRF, and Matching Codes for Outpatient Encounters

CWTC [Episode 9] Moderate Sedation add-on, KAFO

CWTC [Episode 8] Septic shock, Unsupported diagnoses, and Past Personal History in IRFs

CWTC [Episode 7] IRF Aftercare, "A" or "D", E&M selection

CWTC [Episode 6] MEAT, IRF Auditing

CWTC [Episode 5] IRF, Hospital, Coding Guidelines

CWTC [Episode 4] Consults, E&M, CHF, & Cultures

CWTC [Episode 3] Precert and Conscious Sedation Questions

CWTC [Episode 2] IRF and Home Health

CWTC [Episode 1] MOON and IRF Questions

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