Archive for The Day of October 18th, 2007
Archive for the Day of October 18th, 2007
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of October 18th, 2007.
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RVUs Made Easy!
RVUs (relative value units) cause a lot of confusion in the medical billing world when you’re dealing with imaging procedures. It’s really just a matter of listing your services rendered logically then tallying them up from largest to smallest. For example, imaging codes aren’t discounted under the multiple-surgery payment reduction, so you typically list surgical codes first, in order by RVU, then the imaging codes. Your final coding report should look like this in order : * 35471 main coding * 36245 main coding * 75722-26-59 procedure with modifier * 75966-26. procedure with modifier Just remember to list the “heavier” codes at the top of your list and the lighter …