Coding expert Stephanie Ellis discusses important 2012 CPT coding changes to spine and pain management procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers.

Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the ...

Advance directive discussions are billed differently from completing the paperwork with a patient. Coding expert Betsy Nicoletti explains the difference and also tells how to properly code for in ...

At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting, gave a presentation titled How to Improve Coding for ASC ...

Interventional radiology This type of radiology provides minimally invasive image-guided diagnosis and treatment of diseases in every organ or system, using the least invasive techniques available.

Strategic Radiology® (SR) announced today that the organization has signed a strategic group purchase agreement with 3M Health Information Systems to provide SR member groups streamlined access ...