CPT Corner Articles

• 'Top 10 List' highlights plastic surgery coding concepts (July 2008)
• Specific CPT codes are necessary for wound exploration procedures (April 2008)
• New plastic surgery codes appear in CPT 2008 (January 2008)
• Summer potpourri highlights questions from membership (September 2007)
• Place of service absolutely impacts Medicare reimbursement (August 2007)
• Coding is important when sitting for the plastic surgery board exam (July 2007)
• Clarifying the distinctions between assistant and co-surgeon (June 2007)
• Panniculectomy and abdominoplasty codes now separate (March 2007)
• Is it modifier -59 or -51? Which do I use? (May 2006) 
• Abdominal wall reconstruction requires many sets of codes (April 2006) 
• Add-on codes need not create confusion (March 2006) 
• Osteomyelitis debridement must be correctly reported (September 2005) 
• Membership inquiries underscore coding principles (June 2005) 
• Rigorous RVU analyses are critical to your practice (April 2005) 
• Coding necrotizing infection procedures is complex (March 2005) 
• It's not just an incision and drainage (February 2005) 
• How to answer the question, 'What is a consultation? (July 2004) 
• Understanding global postoperative periods (February 2004) 
• Distinguishing between cosmetic and reconstructive procedures (October/November 2003) 
• Potpourri: We’re answering questions from our membership (July 2003) 
• Do you really know your practice costs? (June 2003) 
• Medicare, CPT differ in defining global surgery package (June 2002) 
• CPT book provides clear definition of ‘global surgical package’ (May 2002) 
• Use of Code 69990 has become confusing (February 2002) 
• Let’s end the confusion: Itemizing is not unbundling (August 2001) 
• CPT workshops raise interesting coding questions (March 2001) 
• How are all the debridement codes used? (January 2001) 
• Private contracting and Medicare: a question (March 1998) 
• What's global in abdominoplasty? (July 1997) 
• Anesthesia performed by the surgeon (May 1996) 
• Medicare "Correct Coding Initiative" (February 1996) 
• Medicare global surgery period (October/November 1995) 
• Cosmetic or reconstructive rhinoplasty (May 1995) 
• Commonly used modifiers can also be confusing (April 1995) 
• Skull Base Surgery (March 1994) 
• Accurate coding and the boards (January 1994) 

Related Articles:

• New CPT codes introduced for 1996 (March 1996) 
• Potpourri: 1995 CPT code changes (February 1995) 
• New CPT codes introduced in 1994 (February 1994)