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Alethea Bryant, CCS: Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:01 PM
Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II codes are used to give a detailed explaination of a specific type of medical procedure completed for an insurance carrierandstate offices who collect information on medical procedures. While there are thousands of codes that can be used, you must be very careful to not inadvertantely use an incorrect code or make sure to have the right modifier with the code. A modifier helps to explain the procedure in greater detail, i. |
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Alethea Bryant, CCS: Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 4:46 PM
Massage therapists are often looking for various avenues to increase their patient base and grow their practice. Although most go thru school, graduate and then start their own business, they are unsure about their options for gaining more clients. Many understand that they can have clients pay for their services by cash or charge, yet most do not know that insurance is also an option. How can this be? While it is true that massage therapist are not allowed to contract directly with any health insurance carrier thus far, they are able to contract with a few auxiliary networks that in turn work directly with the health insurance carriers. |
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Alethea Bryant: Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:48 PM
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is a listing of all five digit numeric codes used to describe any treamtent or procedure done by a medical provider to any type of patient, published by the American Medical Association yearly. International Classification of Diseases-9th Edition Clinical Modification (ICD-9 CM) is the complete listing of all five digit alpha-numeric codes used to diagnosis any type of illness, ailment, or history of illness for any type of person; young, old, newborn and pregnancy related published by the World Health Organization. The ICD-9 codes also includes assessments (Evaluation & Management). With the correct usage and combination of both codes by a well trained biller/coder on a claim form submitted to an insurance carrier, medical neccesity is then proven, enabling the carrier to make payment of a claim.
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