Emergency Department and Critical Care Services are often incorrectly coded because the documentation lacks clarity. Terry discusses the elements necessary to have compliant ER documentation and also what CC services need to make sure they are supported for billing.

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Obstetric coders have likely started to report E/M visits for newly pregnant patients, but they still have a few months before they need to use the full set of new and revised codes and guidelines for maternity care services as we head into 2027.

Terry brings in some recent questions and answers to to help train your team and determine where more research or training is necessary before the full code system goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027. A contributing article in Part B news from 9/28 also was used for this episode.

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Terry discusses the specialty of Podiatry procedural coding, to include some ankle surgeries, and other complex foot surgeries. She also strongly advises not to add CPT or ICD-10-CM codes to operative reports as this now handcuffing the provider to those codes whether they are over or under coded or incorrect as this report would suggest. Listen in to get the details.

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