Socioeconomic tips
Abdominal
Coding hernia and other complex abdominal repairs (September 2011)
Complex abdominal repairs (November '09) (65K PDF)
ACS Coding Hotline: Cholecystectomy questions (November '08) (65K PDF)
ACS Coding Hotline: Hernia coding hotline questions (February '08) (65K PDF)
Breast
Sentinel lymph node mapping and its relation to biopsy (November 2011)
ACS Coding Hotline: Breast surgery coding questions (June '08) (70K PDF)
Evaluation and Management Codes
E/M coding can be easier than one might think (April 2011)
Are E/M services reportable with a surgical procedure? (November 2010)
Billing for E/M services during the global period (55K PDF)
Medicare clarifies consultation rules (Oct. '99) (26K PDF)
Flaps and Grafts: Tips currently unavailable
Hand: Tips currently unavailable
Lesions and Repairs
Coding for Skin Replacement Surgery in 2012 (February 2012)
Coding for debridement (February 2011)
Excision and repairs (Jan. '00) (25K PDF)
Other tips and updates
Surgical coding across the spectrum (December 2011)
Practically speaking: Reducing your audit risk (September 2010)
Practice management resources for the surgeon's office (May 2010)
General equivalency mapping helps convert ICD-9-CM codes to ICD-10-CM (March 2010)
Medicare pay-for-reporting program to continue in 2008 (January '08) (400K PDF)
ACS Coding Hotline: Opertative report questions (July '09) (65K PDF)
Coding issues related to the global surgery period (March '09) (60K PDF)
ACS Coding Hotline: Unusual coding questions (June '07) (110K PDF)
Getting ready for Medicare's new quality reporting program (April '07) (70K PDF)
ACS Coding Hotline: Unusual questions(January '07) (70K PDF)
ACS Coding Hotline: Common questions (December '06) (75K PDF)
Medicare changes (September '06) (70K PDF)
Two pesky CPT modifiers: –25 and –59(May '06) (65K PDF)
New Medicare appeals process (March '06) (90K PDF)
Coding for surgical residents and new surgeons in practice (December '05) (70K PDF)
ACS Coding Hotline: Frequently asked questions (October '05) (70K PDF)
Medicare Coverage of Perscription Drugs(September '05) (110K PDF)
How do you code it? (August '05) (20K PDF)
A potpourri of items (July '05) (20K PDF)
Additions to ASC List, effective for services on or after July 5, 2005 (28K PDF)
Deletions to ASC List, effective for services on or after July 5, 2005 (10K PDF)
Medicare computer software changes (May '05) (95K PDF)
Frequently asked ACS Coding Hotline questions (April '05) (50K PDF)
Medicare offers bonuses for physician scarcity areas (Feb. '05) (45K PDF)
Surgeons express new optimism at Clinical Congress (Dec '04) (23K PDF)
Changes to CMS Medicare Internet resources (May '04) (33K PDF)
New resource: ACS CodingToday (April '04) (103K PDF)
Organizing your surgical practice (Feb. '04) (33K PDF)
Common coding hotline questions (Oct. '03) (20K PDF)
Advice from an ACS coding course instructor (Sept. '03) (15K PDF)
Medicare updates (June '03) (31K PDF)
Common coding hotline questions (April '03) (15K PDF)
Medicare's correct coding initiative (March '03) (24K PDF)
Late career changes require new practice plan (Feb. '03) (18K PDF)
TRICARE offers three pans for military personnel (Jan. '03) (18K PDF)
Health plans for federal employees (Dec. '02) (13K PDF)
ICD-9-CM changes (Nov. '02) (15K PDF)
Responses to common coding questions (Oct. '02) (15K PDF)
Understading local medical review policies (Sep. '02) (45K PDF)
Updates on the Medicare program (Aug. '02) (20K PDF)
Answers to common hotline questions (July '02) (20K PDF)
A risk management checklist: Part II (June '02) (16K PDF)
A risk management checklist: Part I (May '02) (15K PDF)
Answers to common hotline questions (Apr. '02) (40K PDF)
Internet resources for coding and reimbursement policies (Jan. '02) (24K PDF)
Filing for Medicare services (Dec. '01) (25K PDF)
Frequently asked coding questions (Nov. '01) (22K PDF)
Filing Medicare claims (Sep. '01) (24K PDF)
Answers to common hotline questions (July '01) (17K PDF)
Record retention (June '01) (115K PDF)
Correct use of modifier -59 (May '01) (25K PDF)
Reporting an altered surgical field, modifier -60 (Apr. '01) (27K PDF)
Coding for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (Mar. '01) (22K PDF)
Planning for retirement (Feb. '01) (22K PDF)
Adding new associates to practices (Jan. '01) (31K PDF)
Coding for observation and for the global surgical period (Dec. '00) (17K PDF)
Ten steps to dealing with managed care orgianizations (Nov. 00) (43K PDF)
Debridement of abdominal wall fascitis and modifier -78 and -79 (Oct. 00) (23K PDF)
Surgical practice business plans (Sep. '00) (17K PDF)
Billing for services provided by an assistant surgeon (Aug. '00) (24K PDF)
Developing a patient satisfaction survey (July '00) (21K PDF)
Modifier -22: Unusual procedural services (June '00) (23K PDF)
What to consider when expanding a surgical practice (May '00) (28K PDF)
Coding the time component (Apr. '00) (25K PDF)
How to use Relative Value Units (Mar. '00) (24K PDF)
Developeing a compliance plan (Feb. '00) (25K PDF)
Complying with anti-fraud and abuse requirements (Dec. '99) (26K PDF)
Practice valuation (Nov. '99) (27K PDF)
Trauma: Tips currently unavailable
Yearly Updates
CPT 2012 Brings with it New Codes and Code Changes
New CPT codes and code changes for 2011
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