Reporting Details and Circumstances as a 2 Character Code This Module covers the different types of Modifiers. You will learn how and when to use them correctly and report them correctly to the insurance carrier. This module has many support tools that will enhance your billing/insurance department and help your office get paid in a…

Expanding Treatment Options Most states allow chiropractors to perform physical medicine modalities and procedures within their scope of practice. Some therapy options are considered non-traditional and require due diligence in proper coding and documentation. These types of therapies can be valuable to the both doctor and patient. Many doctors are forced to spend much of…

Modalities & Procedures to Enhance CMT Nearly all states allow chiropractors to perform physical medicine modalities and procedures within their scope of practice. This provides more services to be available for patients. However, the more services delivered, the more documentation required. Often, when performing audits, we find excellent documentation of the adjustment and next to…

More Than Meets The Eye In Chiropractic practice, the Chiropractic Manipulative Treatment (CMT) code is usually the primary service rendered to patients on a routine basis. Therefore, it becomes the most frequently billed service. These CMT codes are more complicated than one might think and this can contribute to billing errors and/or missteps. Because there…

They Go Hand in Hand Documentation and coding are inextricably connected. Coding must be derived from documentation and not the other way around. All too often, providers elect to use a code to describe a service and don’t consider whether the documentation supports the use of the code. This practice has caused audit failures as…

What’s In That Envelope? Do you dread a thick envelope that arrives at the office with an insurance company’s return address? Most of us know that is because it probably contains a request for records. Whether on a single patient’s single date of service, or a list of 25 patients and a laundry list of…