AAOS Now Coding Articles
2021
Coding Alert: ICD-10-CM ‘Excludes 1’ Claims Edit – Aug 2021
CMS’ Proposed Payment Policy Changes for 2022 Are Significant – Sept 2021
AAOS Comments on Proposed Medicare Payment Policy Changes for 2022 – Oct 2021
A Sneak Preview of CPT 2022 0ct 2021
CPT Code 73580, Knee Arthrography, Is Often Misused – Nov 2021
Coding Alert Update: Telehealth Place of Service Codes – Nov 2021
Physicians Need to Know about Upcoming Musculoskeletal Guideline Changes for 2022 – Dec 2021
2022
The EMR: Is It All It’s Cracked Up to Be? – Jan 2022
AAOS Continues Surprise Billing Fight – Feb 2022
Coding Alert: New CPT Modifier 93 for Audio-only Services – Feb 2022
Commonly Asked Coding Questions in 2022 – Mar 2022
Avoid the ‘Kickback Trap’ – May 2022
CMS Updates Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Billing – May 2022
Coding Update for Drug-delivery Devices – July 2022
Scenarios Illustrate Coding Changes for Musculoskeletal Drug-delivery Devices – Aug 2022
Coding for Open Knee Procedures Poses Challenges – Sept 2022
A Sneak Preview of CPT 2023: E/M and Musculoskeletal System Updates – Oct 2022
A Sneak Peek of CPT 2023: Nervous System Updates – Nov 2022
AAOS Responds to 2023 Final Rules on Medicare Payment Systems – Dec 2022
CPT® Changes to E/M Coding Start Jan. 1 – Dec 2022
2023
A Deeper Dive into the NCCI Procedure-to-Procedure Rationales and Narrative Guidelines – Jan 2023
Update on Implementation, Challenges to Surprise Billing Law – Jun 2023
Coding Potpourri: Answers to AAOS Members’ Coding Questions - Jun 2023
Technical Corrections Published for 2023 E/M CPT Codes – Jul 2023
The Details of Denials Matter – Sept 2023
What Orthopaedic Surgeons Should Know about Medicare Audits in 2023 – Sept 2023
Value-based Healthcare in Orthopaedics: Putting Theory into Practice – Oct 2023
Alert: NCCI Edits Rescinded for Lumbar Arthrodesis with Laminectomy – Oct 2023
AAOS Comments on Proposed Medicare Payment Policy Changes for 2024 – Nov 2023
2023 Changes to the Inpatient and Consultation E/M Codes – Nov 2023
Coding for Vertebral Body Tethering for Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis – Dec 2023
2024
CMS Finalized Changes for 2024 Medicare Payment Systems – Jan 2024
Coding for Magnetically Controlled Spinal-Lengthening Device Procedures – Jan 2024
Get a Sneak Peek of CPT Coding Updates for 2024 – Jan 2024
Commonly Asked Coding Questions in 2023 – March 2024
Coding Alert: Denials of HCPCS Q-Codes for Casting and Splinting – June 2024
CMS Revises Split/Shared Services Definition for 2024 – June 2024
ICD-10-CM Basics for Orthopaedics – July 2024
Coding Policy Updates AAOS Members Need to Know – Aug/Sept 2024
Complexity Add-On Code G2211: What Is It and How Is It Used in Orthopaedics? – Oct 2024
What Orthopaedic Surgeons Need to Know about 2025 CMS Payment Policy Changes – Dec 2024
2025
CPT Updates 2025: New and Revised Codes for Musculoskeletal and Telemedicine Services – Jan 2025
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