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A practice-operations walkthrough of the 99223 CPT code description — what it covers, how practices document code selection, who touches the note on its way to the claim, and where the BAA and records-request obligations land.
Carl B. Johnson
Upper respiratory visits spike every winter, and with them come denials, sick-note requests, and disclosures your front desk makes without thinking. Here's how to run common cold ICD 10 coding and the privacy workflow around it.
Carl B. Johnson
An operations guide to CPT code 99232 for practice administrators: how subsequent inpatient visit levels get determined and documented, who touches the chart between rounds and remittance, and where the vendor and records-request exposure actually sits.
Carl B. Johnson
POS 02 versus POS 10 is a payment decision, a documentation decision, and a privacy disclosure all at once. Here's how to build the workflow, assign the roles, and handle the vendor exposure behind every telehealth claim.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to telehealth: the scheduling and staffing gains, the vendor and BAA exposure they create, and the coding documentation and records-request workflows your team owns.
Carl B. Johnson
99439 is the add-on code for each additional 20 minutes of chronic care management staff time. Here's how practices document the time, control the code selection process, and handle the vendor and privacy exposure that comes with an outsourced CCM program.
Carl B. Johnson
Lesion counts, cosmetic self-pay, restriction requests, and clinical photos on a staff phone — the operational and privacy mechanics behind skin tag removal CPT coding, written for the people who run the practice.
Carl B. Johnson
Telehealth CPT codes sit at the intersection of your revenue cycle and your privacy program. Here's how to assign ownership, document code selection, and close the vendor gaps that virtual visits open up.
Carl B. Johnson
Abdominal pain codes are among the highest-volume symptom codes in outpatient billing — and they travel through more vendors than almost any other data element in your practice. Here is the operations and privacy playbook.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations walkthrough of how sore-throat visits get coded, who owns each step, and where the resulting records create privacy, vendor, and records-request exposure.
Carl B. Johnson