99204 CPT ® Code Description, Progress Notes, RVU, Distribution.
This 99204 CPT ® lecture reviews the procedure code definition, progress note examples, RVU values, national distribution data and explains when this code should be used in the clinic and hospital setting. CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology. This code is part of a family of medical billing codes descr ibed by the numbers 99201-99205. CPT ® 99204 represents the mid-high (level 4) office or other outpatientnew patient visit and is part of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). After you're done studying this lecture, make sure to also review the lecture on mid level office visits ...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - November 3, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: The Happy Hospitalist Source Type: blogs
99215 CPT® Code Description, Progress Notes, RVU, Distribution.
This 99215 CPT® lecture reviews the procedure code definition, progress
note examples, RVU values, national distribution data and explains when
this code should be used in the hospital setting. CPT stands for Current
Procedural Terminology. This code is part of a family of medical
billing codes described by the numbers 99211-99215. CPT® 99215
represents the high (level 5) office or other outpatient established
office patient visit and is part of the Healthcare Common Procedure
Coding System (HCPCS). This procedure code lecture for established
office patient visits is part of a complete series of...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - September 10, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs
99215 CPT ® Code Description, Progress Notes, RVU, Distribution.
This 99215 CPT ® lecture reviews the procedure code definition, progress note examples, RVU values, national distribution data and explains when this code should be used in the hospital setting. CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology. This code is part of a family of medical billing codes described by the numbers 99211-99215. CPT ® 99215 represents the high (level 5) office or other outpatientestablished office patient visit and is part of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). This procedure code lecture for established office patient visits is part of a complete series of CPT ® le...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - September 10, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: The Happy Hospitalist Source Type: blogs
HPV infection linked to poor oral health, say cancer prevention researchers
Infection with oral human papillomavirus (HPV) - a main cause of throat cancer - could be linked to poor oral health, including gum disease, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. Researchers from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston analyzed data from the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which was carried out by the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some 3,439 participants were included in the data, aged between 30 and 69 years. Participants were chosen based on...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 3, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Michael Douglas got throat cancer from oral sex. Really?
Guess what. It’s might be true. How can this be? It turns out that about one-third or perhaps more of throat cancers (specifically called oropharyngeal – referring to the back of the mouth and the throat) are associated with an infection called human papilloma virus or HPV. HPV is a common sexually transmitted (by the standard way) infection that affects most women at some time in their lives and is the major, maybe only, cause of cervical cancer. That is why we have developed vaccines for this virus to give to girls before they become sexually active. If every young woman were vaccinated before becoming sexually acti...
Source: Dr.Kattlove's Cancer Blog - July 26, 2013 Category: Oncologists Source Type: blogs
Interview: Phillip Hornbostle,MD Bariatric Surgeon
This is the first in a series of interviews I plan on publishing. Dr Phillip M. Hornbostel, M.D., FACS, FASMBS is an accomplished bariatric surgeon in Missouri who has performed thousands of weight loss procedures over the years. He is also the resident dean of the commentariat at the physician-only social media website Sermo. The following represents a series of email exchanges he and I had over the holidays:
Dr Hornbostel, tell me about your professional journey from general surgeon to an exclusively bariatric practice.
I finished general surgery residency in 1984 and immediately wen...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - January 22, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD Source Type: blogs
