Derm Coding Consult

Derm Coding Consult begins its twelfth year of publication as the Academy's quarterly newsletter on coding issues sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Amgen Wyeth. Derm Coding Consult provides Academy members with the latest information on accurate diagnostic and procedural coding as well as Medicare reimbursement issues in dermatology, including information and updates on Medicare regulations, carrier instructions and CMS initiatives. Consult the Derm Coding Consult topic index here.

Issues

winter 2007 Issue (Volume 11, Number 4)

2008 Medicare Fee Schedule: Final Rule; CMS Anti-Markup Restrictions; 2008 PQRI Measures; NPI Update; CMS Beneficiary Notice Initiative; CMS and the Tamper-Resistant Prescription Law. Download Issue

FALL 2007 Issue (Volume 11, Number 3)

2008 Medicare Fee Schedule Highlights; Medicare Carriers Reject Claims With NPI Errors; CMS Dissemination of NPPES Data; CMS Awards New MAC Contracts. Download Issue

Summer 2007 Issue (Volume 11, Number 2)

National Physician Identifier Database Available; Medicare Advantage PFFS "Deeming" Issues; AAD/AMA Physician Practice Information Survey; Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Frequently Asked Questions. Download Issue

Spring 2007 Issue (Volume 11, Number 1)

National Provider Identifier (NPI) Deadline Nears; Mohs Regains MSRR Exemption for 2007; Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Update; AMA and AAD Conduct Physician Practice Information Survey. Download Issue

Winter 2006 Issue (Volume 10, Number 4)

Last Minute Fix to 2007 Medicare Fee Schedule; AMA CPT Approves New Site Specific Mohs Codes; Index for Derm Coding Consult, 2006. Download Issue

Fall 2006 Issue (Volume 10, Number 3)

Proposed 2007 Medicare Fee Schedule, Medical Decision Making and Coding, Use of Interim and Complex Repairs. Download Issue

Summer 2006 Issue (Volume 10, Number 2)

Results of the AMA Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (AMA-RUC) Five Year Review on key dermatology procedure codes, Understanding Multiple Surgery Reduction Rule, Developing PVRP measures, Four keys to passing E/M audits. Download Issue

Spring 2006 Issue (Volume 10, Number 1)

Updated summary 2006 Medicare Fee Schedule, Corrections to the drug administration codes, Cautions from the Inspector General on correct use of CPT Modifiers -25 and -59. ICMS is phasing out surrogate UPIN numbers, CMS 1500 billing form, CPT Coding Consultations. Download Issue

Fall/ Winter 2005 Issue (Volume 9, Number 3)

Derm Impact of 2006 Medicare Fee Schedule, 2006 CPT Coding Changes, Clarification on consultations & E/M Services at Nursing Facilities, Skin Replacements Surgery & Skin Substitutions. Download Issue

Summer 2005 Issue (Volume 9, Number 2)

NewsBrief, E/M Guidelines, Aetna Update, Medical Decision Making, National Provider Identifier, Correct Coding Initiative, Mandatory Electronic Submission. Download Issue

Spring 2005 Issue (Volume 9, Number 1)

NewsBrief, AAD comment on ASC Proposed Rule, Update Patch Test Coding, 2005 CMS codes, Medicare and Psoriasis, Tests, and Unprocessable Claims, DermCAC Update/PhoneList. Download Issue

Winter 2004 Issue (Volume 8, Number 4)

2005 Medicare Fee Schedule Conversion Factor, GPCI and Physician Payment Incentive, UHC modification 2005, CPT clarification of Adjacent Tissue Transfer/Rearrangement procedures, CPT 17106-17108, 2004 index. Download Issue

Fall 2004 Issue (Volume 8, Number 3)

Mohs Micrographic Surgery from AMA CPT Assistant (2004; 7:1-4); AAD comments on dermatology issues in the 2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, AAAD will conduct Practice Expense Survey, ICD Coding update w/707.X and 692.XX codes. Download Issue

Summer 2004 Issue (Volume 8, Number 2)

2005 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposal, Bush announcement of national HIII, regulatory relief for physicians under MMA, CMS ranking of top usage codes, report of new ICD-9-CM code Hyperhidrosis and new AADA CLIA Manual, Elimination of CPT starred procedures. Download Issue

Spring 2004 Issue (Volume 8, Number 1)

CMS notice of delaying payment on non-HIPAA compliant claims, info CMS assignment of NPIN to replace UPIN, Coding for pathology services, end grace periods for implementing ICD/HCPCS Code changes,Service location information CMS 1500 forms, EMTALA Final Rule impact on physicians. Download Issue

2005 CMS Drug Administration G Codes

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Derm Coding Consult Archives: Previous Derm Coding Consult Issues from 1996-2003 .