April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month. Oral cancer kills one American every hour because is it usually detected in late stages (III & IV). Early detection is key! Click here or on the image above to download and share this …
Date of Service Reporting for Radiology Services March 12, 2019 Providers need to ensure that they are reporting radiology dates of service the way the payer has requested. Unlike many other professional services which only have one date of service …
When teaching at NYU Dental students wrote small books for notes, directly after joining the world of dentistry in a practice they started to use text messages as Dr. Studley would say!!! Are you writing a text message that leaves …
Question: Our surgeon recently performed excision of infected bone in the mandibular arch caused due to an infected tooth. He also performed the extraction of the affected tooth. Since I am planning to report the excision to the patient’s medical …
1. ANY traumatic injury to the mouth – all associated oral and dental procedures 2. Exams and consultations when oral cancer screening is done, and in preparation for any other medically billable procedure 3. Emergency treatment of oral inflammation and …
Doctors you have learned how to document in school, and then started to text message. Have your team learn how they can help you.
A consultation, as defined by the CPT manual, is a evaluation and management service provided at the request of another physician or appropriate source to either recommend care for a specific condition or problem, or to determine whether to accept …
Proof of Delivery 42 CFR 424.57(c)(12) requires suppliers to maintain proof of delivery (POD) documentation in their files. POD documentation, as well as claims documentation, must be maintained in the supplier’s files for 7 years (starting from the DOS). Suppliers, …
Modifiers are valuable coding tools that explain to payers the specific work that was done by a physician during treatment of a patient. They’re important for representing the medical decision-making (MDM) a physician must demonstrate in order to bill, and …
Note on Documentation Requirements: Establishment of medical necessity of pediatric orthodontics requires documentation to support the severe handicapping malocclusion and the presence of a qualifying medical condition, and a score of 42 points or greater on the Modified Salzmann Index. …