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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
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
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
Staff search for a "PPD vaccine CPT code" and land on the wrong code family. Here's how administrators separate tuberculin testing from BCG vaccination, and where the privacy and vendor problems hide.
Carl B. Johnson
CPT 96161 bills a caregiver's screening under the patient's account. That single fact creates records, EOB, and vendor problems most practices never mapped. Here's the operational fix.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations walkthrough of vaccine administration billing: who selects the code, what the record has to show, how registry reporting works under HIPAA, and which vendors need a BAA before your next flu clinic.
Carl B. Johnson
Advance care planning billing turns on documented time, voluntariness, and who was in the room — and it drops a legally sensitive document into your chart. Here's the operational and privacy workflow for administrators.
Carl B. Johnson
CPT code 99051 sits at the intersection of scheduling, billing, and vendor risk. Here's how practices document posted extended hours, assign roles, and close the BAA gaps that open when a skeleton crew runs a Saturday clinic.
Carl B. Johnson