Support Tool Third-party payers are data lovers. They know you and your practice by data points and not by name. They know your various practice statistics and compare you to other practitioners billing the same codes on a local and national level. This is a part of how they process the effectiveness of their definition…
CMT Documentation Resources
Support Tools Two of the most important locations for proper documentation of the CMT is when it’s prescribed in the initial treatment plan, and when it’s described on a Routine Office Visit (ROV). We provide documentation samples throughout the KMC University Library, examples of the necessary components of a note for clinically appropriate and medically…
CMT Documentation Requirements
Meeting the Standards Chiropractors experience legal obligations when opening a practice and billing third-party payers for care. There is a Standard of Care to follow when practicing the art of Chiropractic to fulfill these obligations. This includes both physical treatment of the patient and documentation, coding, and billing of the visits. They are different extremities…
Proper Use of S8990
Code S8990 & Maintenance Care Service codes (CPT/HCPCS) tell a third party what you are doing with the patient. As with all coding, even maintenance care must be properly coded to clearly communicate in the patient record within your software, and for any authorized third-party that may have access to this data. S8990 Explanation Definition…
Coding Maintenance Care
Coding the Type of Service Rendered Many Doctors of Chiropractic enjoy providing wellness and preventative maintenance care, in addition to active and pain relief care. Sometimes, it is the exclusive care of an office. Some third-party payors have rules about reporting these types of care to them and/or the patients. In this quick tutorial we …
Coding Extra Spinal Manipulation
Clarification & Expectations The procedure code 98943 represents extraspinal manipulation for Chiropractors. What areas are included in this code? Can one bill 98943 with other CMT spinal codes when billing payors? There is no hard and fast rule for the second question, but there are specific rules to make sure you are performing and documenting…