Medaxiom Blog

Documentation and coding play a crucial role in a practice's success. In this blog Joline shares tips for physicians and coders to ensure accuracy when it comes to endovascular aortic/iliac aneurysm repair.

As coders know, there are some gray areas when applying guidelines to services rendered. In this blog Jammie provides ICD-10-CM codes and guidelines that were released in early 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance for staying on top of annual coding changes.

After a long road of preparing for significant changes to Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding, revised policies on coding, documentation and payment of E/M services are now in effect. In this blog Nicole explains how E/M changes came about, the impact of the revisions and why it matters to your cardiovascular program.

Modifiers are essential to getting claims paid correctly, yet if used incorrectly, they can cost a lot of money and possibly trigger an audit. In this blog Joline shares helpful advice when using modifiers to help with coding accuracy so you are not leaving money on the table.

In this week's blog Joline Bruder, explains the steps she took to gain experience coding for a cardio-thoracic practice and importance of the physician/coder relationship. She also lists the responsibilities of coders and physicians to build a good relationship that will help improve documentation and coding accuracy.

Coding integrity is an integral part of the revenue cycle and should align with your organization’s overall strategic mission says Nicole Knight. In this week's blog she shares how providing ongoing education will empower your team with knowledge to get it right on the frontend, which is essential to cost per claim and timely reimbursement.