Amid this election season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published final rules for the 2023 Part B Physician Fee Schedule and Medicare Shared Savings Program, the Outpatient Prospective Payment (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC)...

The AMA released the calendar year 2023 CPT code set, which builds on the AMA’s efforts to reduce administrative tasks in medicine, according to a recent press release.The CPT code update contains 393 changes, including 225 new codes, 75 deletions, and 93 revisions.

Revised ICD-10-CM codes for neurocognitive disorders are now in effect, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has announced. The coding changes for major and mild neurocognitive disorders represent “the most consequential” coding changes for DSM-5 disorders since...

It was a happy day in 2020 the American Medical Association (AMA), the owner of the CPT® code set, announced a modification to the Evaluation and Management E&M coding guidelines for the office or outpatient visit code set (99201 – 99215) that became effective Jan. 1, 2021. Not only...

With the start of fiscal year (FY) 2023 right around the corner, this is a good time for clinical documentation integrity (CDI) professionals update their practices to reflect FY 2023 changes. I’m sure most of you have already downloaded FY 2023 ICD-10-CM/PCS and the Official Coding...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the 2023 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for fee-for-service Medicare Part A and Part B, and the 2023 Medicare Part D income-related monthly adjustment amounts.