Dermatology Coding Alert
Dermatology Coding Alert give you the up-to-date answers to your toughest coding questions.
Dermatology Coding Alert is a practical, how-to billing and coding publication that tracks dozens of trends and provides plain-English tips and strategies to ensure your practice is coding correctly. Recent topics have included:
- Consultations
- Review of Systems
- Modifier -51
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Ear Pinning
- Exfoliation
- Chemosurgery
- New vs. Established Patient
- Global Periods
- Denials
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Allographs
- Paring
- Homografts
- Decubitus Ulcers
- Punch Grafts
- Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Cross Finger Flap
- and more…
To give you an idea of the type of coverage offered, these are the articles that appeared in the June 2005 edition of this newsletter:
- Musculoskeletal codes open up lipoma excision coding options; consider something more than 11100; justify the best excision code based on specificity of documentation and depth of excision.
- Billing intramuscular injections and E/M services? Learn private vs. Medicare requirements; justify the level of E/M; level of complexity determines E/M; use G codes just for this year, etc.
- 2006 ICD-9 Update: Dermatology practices escape new codes.
- Keep the current G series and 90780-90784 codes straight: how new injection and infusion codes stack up to CPT’s old codes.
- Tips to increase the accuracy of NPP reporting; sharing services can pay better, especially with Medicare; pay attention to Medicare supervision rules; take advantage of the incident-to variations.
- E/M with wart removal; no need for two diagnoses; look for two or three elements.
- Patch tests may or may not include E/M; when to code.
- Outdated beneficiary information can cost you; to avoid denials on Medicare claims, exact match between claim data and beneficiary card required; two or three elements must match.
The editorial board for this publication includes:
- Tina Alster, MD, Director, Washington Institute of Dermatological Laser Surgery
- Arthur Balin, MD, PhD, FACP, Sally Balin Medical Center for Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery
- Vicki Chapman, CPC, CCS-P, Healthcare Management Consultant
- Katie Cianciolo, MA, RRA, CCS, CCS-P, Coding Consultant
- Cathy Klein, LPN, CPC, President, Klein Consulting
- Christine Liles, CPC, Insurance Supervisor, Knoxville Dermatology Group
- Lori LeMond, CPC, PMCC-1, Lead Coder, Arizona Medical Clinic
- Linda Martien, CPC, CPC-H, Coding Consultant, National Healthcare Review
- Janet McDiarmid, CMM, CPC, MPC, Past President, American Academy of Professional Coders
- Tracy Smith, NC, Center for Dermatology
- Teresa Thompson, CPC, TM Consulting
- Susan Turney, MD, FACP, Wisconsin Medical Society
- Carole Violette, CPC, CDC, Clinic Manager, Yakima Valley Dermatology
Reading of this newsletter has been approved by the American Academy of Professional Coders for up to 10 CEUs. 
The Coding Institute, located in Washington DC, is a fast-growing well-respected national medical newsletter publishing company catering to the needs of physicians, hospitals, and their medical practice staff. When you subscribe to this publication, you will be part of an exciting nationwide group of coders, office managers, experts and consultants all interested in enhancing their coding and reimbursement knowledge. The Coding Institute is part of Eli Research. Eli Research is a research and information company with over 60 publications serving core markets of health care, law and financial services. They currently serve a reader base of over 100,000 business executives nationwide, 80 percent of whom are top officers at their respective companies. Their roots go back to 1947 with the founding of Medicine and Health — the oldest health policy newsletter in the country. They acquired the Washington DC-based Health Care Information Center, including Medicine and Health and 30 other titles formerly published by Faulkner and Gray. They have focused exclusively on providing high-quality news and analysis for professionals who need critical news and information to survive and prosper. They have distinguished themselves from other publishers by providing intelligent analysis of new strategies, rather than simply reporting on industry developments.
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