Medical coding professionals are entering a pivotal moment in 2026 as the industry grapples with the April 1 ICD-10-CM guideline updates and the most extensive CPT changes in recent memory, featuring ...

The medical coding landscape has shifted dramatically with the 2026 CPT updates, introducing 288 new codes and revising hundreds more across critical specialties like radiology, pathology, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This article is the second in a series to focus on common coding conundrums encountered by spine surgeons.

The Current Procedural Terminology code for SCODI was originally developed as a glaucoma diagnostic test. Retina diagnosis usage and codes were added to the coverage, and finally, in 2011, anterior ...

Although Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) are not currently evaluating facility evaluation and management (E&M) services, it may not be long before they do. In the 2010 final rule for the hospital ...

The new Medicare and Medicaid coding guidelines for office visits are a big deal. Ensuring that they benefit the people who need them is a bigger one. It is clearer now that the federal government and ...

2. Revision to guidelines for discontinued colonoscopies. In 2010, CPT guidelines told coders they should report an incomplete colonoscopy with modifier -52, which is a reduced services modifier, ...