CMS released additional instructions to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual for the accurate interpretation of claim edits and assignment of modifiers -59 and -91 on Medicare Part B claims.Read More »
CMS recently released the 2019 NCCI Policy Manual for Medicare Services, which includes updates to payment policies and coding methodologies effective January 1.Read More »
Q: The physician documented debridement (11043x1 & 11046x4) of a wound 85.25 sq. cm and documented 20 sq. cm of skin substitute application (15271). My coder says that 11043/11046 is included in 15271 and we can't separately bill for them with 15271. Do we bill 15271 as the size of the...Read More »
