Derm Coding Consult
Derm Coding Consult provides Academy members with the latest information about accurate diagnostic and procedural coding, as well as Medicare reimbursement issues in dermatology.
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Learn how the government shutdown has ended telehealth flexibilities and may impact claims.
See our information on individual payers and their E/M review policies.
See our coding basics, FAQs, and other resources for coding telemedicine encounters.
Learn more about the code descriptor change for CPT codes 96920-96922.
Learn more about the permanent drug code, J7354, for cantharidin, effective April 1.
Learn about coding for the repair of contiguous defects across multiple anatomical sites and more.
Derm Coding Consult archive
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Q4 2025
DermWorld Coding Consult: Coding and documentation — Your best defense
Telehealth policy changes take effect; shutdown impacts Medicare claims processing
Q3 2025
DermWorld Coding Consult: CMS releases 2025 first and second quarter NCCI edits
More payers implementing evaluation and management code level reviews
Q2 2025
DermWorld Coding Consult: Digital pathology coding and documentation requirements in dermatology
DermWorld Coding Consult: 10 tips for surviving payer audits
Q1 2025
Q4 2024
DermWorld Coding Consult: Coding and documentation for hyperhidrosis
DermWorld Coding Consult: ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding updates for 2025
Q3 2024
DermWorld Coding Consult: How and when to report prolonged services
DermWorld Coding Consult: CMS releases 2024 first and second quarter NCCI edits
Q2 2024
DermWorld Coding Consult: Measuring a lesion and choosing the appropriate excision code
CMS creates permanent drug code for treating molluscum contagiosum
Q1 2024
Q4 2023
Q3 2023
Questions and answers: Evaluation and management (E/M) guidelines
Dermworld Coding Consult: To 78 or 79:Coding for procedure services during the global period
Dermworld Coding Consult: ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding updates for 2024
DermWorld Coding Consult: Multiple surgery reduction rule: Sometimes less is more
Q2 2023
DermWorld Coding Consult: CMS releases 2023 first and second quarter NCCI edits
DermWorld Coding Consult: “Incident to”: What you need to know
DermWorld Coding Consult: Communicating with payers using modifiers
Q1 2023
CMS Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) reviews are now in full swing
DermWorld Coding Consult: Is your practice ready for coding in 2023 and beyond?
DermWorld Coding Consult: Improving the dermatology practice’s revenue cycle
DermWorld Coding Consult: Coding lessons learned in 2022 — update on all of the common coding FAQs
Summer 2022
Winter 2022
Applying the 2021 E/M coding concepts in everyday practice – Part 8
First Coast Service Options /Novitas Solutions patch testing unit of service reduction averted
Fall 2021
Applying the 2021 E/M coding concepts in everyday practice – Part 7
CMS revises Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (ABN) requirements
Coding guidance on reporting lesion treatment services with histopathological examination
Summer 2021
Spring 2021
Applying the 2021 E/M coding concepts in everyday practice – Part 5
Applying the 2021 E/M coding concepts in everyday practice – Part 4
Applying the 2021 E/M coding concepts in everyday practice – Part 3
Applying the 2021 E/M coding concepts in everyday practice – Part 2
Winter 2021
Fall 2020
Summer 2020
Evaluation and management (E/M) coding changes are coming in 2021 – Part 2: What has changed?
Evaluation and management (E/M) coding changes are coming in 2021: Part 1
Spring 2020
Winter 2020
Fall 2019
Summer 2019
Spring 2019
CMS Pays for Communication Technology-based Services, Effective 2019
Reduced Medically Unlikely Edits for Certain Lesion Removals
Winter 2018
DOS Coding and Billing for Surgical and Anatomical Pathology Services
Do Not End Up On the OIG Medicare List of Overpayment Recoveries Statistics
Fall 2018
Summer 2018
Spring 2018
Summer 2016
Winter 2014
Fall 2013
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