ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The ICD-10 conversion is growing nearer and the conversation surrounding the impending switch focuses heavily on the jump in the number of codes. Here are 12 specific differences between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…

Here are six statistics on medical coder salary by workplace, according to the AAPC 2013 Salary Survey.

UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield and Humana, four of the country's largest private payers, will be ready for the ICD-10 transition come Oct. 1, according to a survey conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Noridian Healthcare Solutions, a Medicare claims processor vendor, has partnered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to indefinitely extend ICD-10 acknowledgement testing, according to a HealthData Management report.

Here are four tips for coding a single knee arthroscopy procedure per compartment, according to AAPC.

Significant changes were made to upper gastroenterology coding since Jan. 1. Here 11 code changes for rigid and flexible esophagoscopy, according to a NextServices report.

AAPC announced the introduction of add-on facility coding features for its online code lookup tool AAPC Coder.

In a March 12th webinar hosted by Becker's ASC Review, Mary Bort, CPC, CANPC, CASCC, COSC, director of coding with Surgical Notes, explained how ICD-10 will impact ambulatory surgery centers and what ASC leaders, coders and physicians can do to…

Being able to accept out-of-network patients is an issue ambulatory surgery centers can not ignore. Leveraging out-of-network reimbursements can be good for patients and profitable for center when it is done right. However accepting out-of-network patients can be difficult and…

Out-of-network volume has been a significant ambulatory surgery center strategy, but many in the industry now wonder if it still has a place in the business. Suzanne Webb, ASC Billing Division Vice President of Operations at MediGain, gives a snapshot…