Jessica Edmiston, coding manager, and Tamara Wagner, coding audit manager, with National Medical Billing Services, discuss eight common coding errors that create compliance problems and decrease ...

Medical billing errors are a common problem that can be extremely costly for consumers, unless those errors are discovered and corrected before payment. But with America’s complex medical insurance ...

Accurate ICD-10-CM coding in long term care (LTC) is not just a compliance exercise. It directly affects care planning, ...

1. Control of bleeding not separately billable. The control of bleeding is included in biopsy (and most other) endoscopic procedures, and is not separately billable unless the patient comes into the ...

In the vast majority of states, hygienists cannot legally diagnose dental disease. Even in the few states that are the exception, diagnosis is limited to the scope of care delivered by hygienists and ...

With the FY 2026 ICD-10-CM guidelines officially active from October 1, 2025, medical coders face a new set of rules that demand precision to avoid costly claim denials. As AI tools increasingly ...