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A practice-operations walkthrough of the 99387 CPT code: eligibility checks, ABN workflow, documentation of code selection, and the vendor and privacy exposure a single preventive claim creates.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations walkthrough of corticosteroid injection coding workflows — documentation elements, drug units, modifiers, denials — and the vendor and records-handling exposure each claim creates.
Carl B. Johnson
CPT deleted the telephone E/M family after 2024, but 99443 claims still surface in audits, appeals, and records requests. Here's how practice administrators handle the documentation, call recordings, and vendor exposure that come with them.
Carl B. Johnson
The 2025 CPT telemedicine code family split Medicare from commercial payers and quietly expanded your vendor footprint. Here's the operational cleanup, the modifier mapping, and the BAA gaps that follow.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to excision of cyst CPT workflows: what the note must capture, how the pathology loop delays claims, and the privacy and vendor obligations that follow the specimen out your back door.
Carl B. Johnson
G0558 is a HCPCS Level II code, not a CPT code — and that distinction changes where you verify the descriptor, how you build the fee schedule entry, and which vendors need a BAA before the first claim goes out.
Carl B. Johnson
Joint injections generate a procedure code, a drug code, units, modifiers, and often an ultrasound image — every one of which creates a record your practice has to store, disclose, and defend. Here is the operational workflow.
Carl B. Johnson
CPT 99344 sits in the home or residence E/M family for new patients. This guide covers the documentation your coders need, the place-of-service decisions your billers make, and the device and vendor exposure that arrives the moment PHI leaves your building.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to orchiectomy CPT code selection, prior authorization packets, payer sex-mismatch edits, and the privacy and vendor controls that belong around a highly sensitive surgical record.
Carl B. Johnson
Immunization administration coding touches your claims, your state registry feed, and at least five vendors. Here is how practice administrators build the workflow, documentation, and BAA checkpoints around it.
Carl B. Johnson