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CPT 99443 was deleted at the start of 2025, but the definition still drives appeals, audits, and records requests on older dates of service — and the phone infrastructure behind it still creates BAA gaps.
Carl B. Johnson
What the 99244 CPT code definition actually requires, why Medicare won't pay it, and how the consultation report back to the requesting provider becomes a disclosure your practice has to account for.
Carl B. Johnson
87637 is the multiplex molecular respiratory panel code. Here's how practice administrators document code selection, verify CLIA and QW requirements, and control the four vendors that touch every result.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations breakdown of prolonged non-face-to-face E/M reporting: what the code descriptor says, how Medicare treats it, how to document time defensibly, and which vendors touching that data need a BAA.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations breakdown of the 96375 CPT code description: what the add-on descriptor requires from your documentation, who owns each step, and how infusion records move through your vendor chain without leaking.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations breakdown of CPT 82962 — the CLIA certificate that has to exist first, the documentation your biller needs, and the device vendors who quietly became business associates.
Carl B. Johnson
What the CPT code 99215 definition actually says, how practices document and defend high-level established patient visits, and the records-handling and BAA obligations that follow every audit request.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to how wound washout CPT code selection actually gets documented — plus the photo storage, vendor BAA, and records-request exposures that ride along with every wound care claim.
Carl B. Johnson
How practices handle the 99254 CPT code operationally: the request-and-report rule, payer recognition problems, hospital EHR access risk, and the vendor agreements that hold it all together.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations walkthrough of the 87880 CPT code description: CLIA waiver mechanics, QW modifier handling, QC logs, and the vendor and records-access exposure a rapid strep test creates.
Carl B. Johnson