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  • Team
    • Meet the Team
    • Jay McVean, Executive Director
    • Angelia Cain, CCA, Surgery
    • Barbara Montemayor, CCA, Pedi-Surgery & Anesthesia
    • Betty Babin, BCPM, Internal Medicine
    • Brandi Leonard, CCA, Family Medicine
    • Caroline Wolbrecht, CEPM
    • Chioma Ekpe-Hunter, CCA, Internal Medicine
    • Freda Washington, RCM, DII
    • Jatoi Johnson, SCS
    • Kourtnie Washington, AA
    • Maria Vazquez, CCA – Neurology, Neurosurgery, and PM&R
    • Padmavathi Annaldasula, SCCA, Emergency Medicine
    • Ronna Foster, SCCA – ORL, EP, and AHF
    • Stephanie Salazar, CCA, Orthopedics
    • Te’Ann Parker, CCA, Pediatrics
    • Happy Holidays from MSHBC!
  • Coding Compliance
    • Late Entry, Addendum, Amendment, or Attestation?
    • Target Probe and Educate (TPE)
    • Complying with Eye Care Guidelines
    • Miscarriage – (Spontaneous) Pregnancy Loss
    • Coding Compliance Overview
    • 2026 CMS OPPS Proposed Rule
    • 2025 Coding Compliance Changes
    • G0545 – The Other Inherent Complexity Code
    • Compliance Resource Tools
    • Common Compliance Links
    • FREE CEU/CME Opportunities
    • Allergy and Immunology 101
    • Psychotherapy is on Medicare’s Radar
    • Global Surgery Package – Our Future?
    • Closed Fracture Care with Manipulation
    • Injection Series: Part One – Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
    • Injection Series: Part Two – Facet Joints (Paravertebral)
    • Injection Series: Part Three – Trigger Points
    • Injection Series: Part IV – (ESI) Epidural Steroidal Injection
    • Locum Tenens – Has a New Name
    • Why is “Pajama Time” still a thing?
    • Owe CMS a refund?
    • Moderate (Conscious) Sedation
    • Colonoscopy Coding for Medicare
    • ASC Series: Part 1 – The Basics
    • Understanding Your Taxonomy Designation
    • CGT (Cell and Gene Therapy) Program – Sickle Cell
    • Assistant-at-Surgery
  • Behavioral Health
    • Psychiatry Services
  • Teaching Physician Rules – The Basics
    • Teaching Physician Attestations – E/M
    • Teaching Physician Attestations – Primary Care Exception
    • Teaching Physician Attestations – Procedures
    • Students – Still in Training
  • Advance Practice Non-Physician Providers (APNP)
    • Incident-to: Auxiliary Staff vs. NPQPs
    • “Incident to” – Still on the OIG radar
    • SA Modifier – Are you using it?
    • “Incident-to” Billing Basics
    • Shared/Split Visits: 2024 Rules
    • Shared Visits – Still Puzzled?
  • E/M Overview
    • Discharge and Pronouncement of Death
    • Calculating Time
    • Interprofessional Consultation Coding
    • Team Documentation
    • High Medical Decision Making – Part One
    • MDM: Treatment Risk – Monitoring for Toxicity
    • E/M: Medical Decision Making 101
    • E/M: Documenting Time in 2023
    • E/M + Procedure = Modifier -25
    • Inherent Complexity Code – G2211
    • Newborn Care Services 101
    • Critical Care 101
    • 2023: Home or Residence Services
    • Medicare Wellness Exams
    • Pre-Procedural Examinations – Z01.818
    • 2023 Inpatient E/M Changes
    • CMS FY 2023 Final Rule Changes – Prolonged Services
    • Prolonged Services
    • Initial Inpatient or Observation Care Services – CPT
    • Initial Inpatient or Observation Care Services – Medicare
    • Patient is not Inpatient or Observation Status
    • SDoH – Social Determinants of Health
    • MTM – Medication Therapy Management
    • Medical Record Documentation Checklists
  • Care Management Services Overview
    • Series Part I: Chronic Care Management Services
    • Series Part II: Complex Chronic Care Management Services
    • Series Part III: Principal Care Management Basics
    • Series Part IV: Transitional Care Management
    • Series Part V: Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM)
    • Series Part VI: Chronic Pain Management Services
  • Hierarchical Condition Category Coding
    • ‘Personal History Of’
    • Understanding Diagnosis Fishing
    • Hierarchical Condition Category Coding Overview
    • The Problem List Problem
    • Documentation Quick Tips!
  • Digital Health Services
    • Interprofessional Consultation
    • (MNT) Medical Nutrition Therapy
    • Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM)
    • E-Visits – What you need to know!
    • Telemedicine – Back to Pre-COVID Requirements
    • Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
    • Telemedicine – What’s Next?
    • Telehealth – First Quarter (2025) Update
  • Specialty Coding Compliance
  • Specialty Coding Compliance
    • Allergy and Immunology 101
    • CGT (Cell and Gene Therapy) Program – Sickle Cell
    • Closed Fracture Care with Manipulation
    • Complying with Eye Care Guidelines
    • Global Surgery Package – Our Future?
    • Injection Series: Part I – Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
    • Injection Series: Part II – Facet Joints (Paravertebral)
    • Injection Series: Part III – Trigger Points
    • Injection Series: Part IV – (ESI) Epidural Steroidal Injection
    • Newborn Care Services 101
    • Assistant-at-Surgery
    • Miscarriage – (Spontaneous) Pregnancy Loss
    • Moderate (Conscious) Sedation
    • Colonoscopy Coding for Medicare

Specialty Coding Compliance

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This page serves as an anchor for specialty (including surgery) compliance articles.

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