Current Procedural Terminology, perhaps better known by its abbreviation “CPT,” is the coding system the medical field uses to document healthcare services during a procedure. This system is extensive ...

Value-focused patient care is transforming medical practice. As rising healthcare costs in the United States challenge the widely used fee-for-service architecture, innovative, patient-centered care ...

The medical coding landscape has shifted dramatically with the 2026 CPT updates, introducing 288 new codes and revising hundreds more across critical specialties like radiology, pathology, and ...

However, if sentinel nodes are biopsied during the same operative session through a different incision, it is appropriate to bill both using the proper code, appending a -59 modifier to the second CPT ...

Physicians who use the Practice Fusion electronic medical record (EMR) will have to pay separately for CPT code licensing fees next year -- and there has been confusion over the price. CPT codes are ...

Grace Kuo, the only pharmacist on staff at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said that the physician-pharmacist collaborative practice protocol under which she sees patients would have to change ...

CPT code 97039 has been in a state of constant flux in Florida and recent rulings have created greater change. First, one must understand what 97039 is and its history. According to the American ...

In 2016 Medicare introduced advance care planning Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to reimburse clinicians for time spent providing the service. Despite recent increases, use of these codes ...