Poojitha Avanaganti

Modifier 76:Represents a repeat procedure by the same physician on the same day. Repeat procedure or service by the same physician or other qualified healthcare professional.As per Medicare when two...

Critical Care : Critical care is the direct delivery of medical care, by a physician(s), for a critically ill or critically injured patient. CMS defines critically ill and injured patients as those...

A DRG, Means by which Medicare and some medical coverage organizations sort hospitalization costs and decide the amount to pay for a patient's doctor's facility remain. Instead of paying the healing...

ICD-10-CM offers greater specificity in coding lesions than ICD-9-CM. Although many guidelines for the coding of injuries remain the same as those in ICD-9-CM, the ICD-10-CM includes some new...

Emergency Department:An Emergency Department (E/D) is also known as an accident & emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward(EW) or casualty department. The emergency department...

Introduction:Evaluation and Management coding was introduced by the American Medical Association and CMS in 1993. Evaluation and management coding commonly known as E/M coding or E&M coding, is key to...

Modifier 50:Modifier 50 is used to report bilateral procedures that are performed during the same operative session by the same physician in either separate operative areas (e.g. hands, feet, legs...