tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2013 Issue 7

Unit Edits: Learn These 4 Tips to Overcome General Surgery

Sometimes you can override edits or appeal claims. If you get claims denials for your general surgeon’s work based on CMS’s medically unlikely edits (MUEs), do you just sit down and take it? We have expert tips to help you fight back. Read on to learn when to stop at the MUE limit, and when and how you can hurdle over an MUE obstacle to capture all the pay you deserve. Tip 1: Grasp The MUE Program MUEs “limit the frequency a CPT® code can be used,” for one patient on one date, explainsChandra L...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci General Surgery Coding Alert.


Leverage vital, to-the-point monthly guidance to boost your reporting accuracy and your coding know-how. We make it convenient for your team to stay informed, compliant, and profitable with a subscription to TCI’s General Surgery Coding Alert.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 2100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1999 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • tci General Surgery Coding Alert +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.