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Wart destruction codes are driven by lesion count, anatomic site, and documentation — and a large share of these claims end up self-pay, which triggers a mandatory HIPAA restriction most front desks miss.
Carl B. Johnson
A workflow guide for administrators and billing staff on documenting, routing, and protecting the records behind knee injection claims — including the vendor and BAA exposure most practices miss.
Carl B. Johnson
97602 is a per-session wound debridement code that rarely generates its own payment line — but the wound photos, vendor hand-offs, and records requests behind it create real HIPAA exposure. Here's the operational playbook.
Carl B. Johnson
A B12 shot takes ninety seconds and generates two code lines, a supervision question, a payer coverage check, and a paper trail that can disclose a diagnosis to the wrong household member. Here's the operational workflow.
Carl B. Johnson
An operations guide to the 99211–99215 family: who decides the level, what documentation supports it, how to answer a payer audit without over-disclosing, and which vendors in the billing chain need a BAA.
Carl B. Johnson
Nursing facility rounding creates PHI that never touches your office network. Here's how administrators should route documentation, control census lists, and close the BAA gaps behind subsequent nursing facility visit billing.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to what CPT 99213 represents administratively, who in your practice touches it, and the records-handling and vendor obligations that ride along with every level-three claim.
Carl B. Johnson
What the 15853 CPT code description covers, how add-on billing and global periods change your workflow, and the records-handling and vendor exposure that suture-removal visits create.
Carl B. Johnson
The most-billed established patient office visit code also generates the most audit letters, vendor touchpoints, and records requests. Here is how to run the workflow without leaking PHI or losing the documentation trail.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations walkthrough of the 99342 CPT code description — new-patient home and residence visits — plus the device, vendor, and records-request exposure that home-based care adds to your compliance program.
Carl B. Johnson