How to Code a Pathological Femur Fracture With Suspected Bone Metastasis in 2026: ICD-10-CM, CPT & Case Study Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I Key Takeaways A pathological fracture occurs when an underlying disease weakens a bone, allowing it to fracture with little...
CPT Updates 2027: 299 New Codes, 80 Deleted Codes, 74 Revisions & Major Changes Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I The 2027 CPT updates bring hundreds of changes that medical coders, billers, physicians, auditors, and healthcare organizations need to prepare for before...
How to Code PEG Tube Placement in 2026: CPT 43246 and ICD-10-CM Case Study Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I Medical coders often encounter percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement when patients cannot meet their nutritional needs by mouth. To code PEG...
Ambulatory Surgery Center Medical Coding & Billing in 2026: CPT, ICD-10-CM, Modifiers & Medicare ASC Guide Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) medical coding and billing requires much more than selecting a CPT code from an operative...
How to Code Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in 2026: CPT and ICD-10-CM Case Study By Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I Coding an open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair can look overwhelming because the operative report may describe a long list of surgical...
How to Code VP Shunt Placement and Ommaya Reservoir Removal in 2026: CPT and ICD-10-CM Case Study Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I A ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt procedure can look complicated when the operative report includes several incisions, a programmable valve,...
CPT 92507 Deleted in 2027: 10 New Timed Speech-Language Pathology CPT Codes Explained By Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I Effective January 1, 2027, one of the most familiar speech-language pathology CPT codes will undergo a major change. CPT 92507, the long-standing...
Cardiac Allograft Transplant Coding in 2026: CPT, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, Cardiopulmonary Bypass & Documentation Guide Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I Cardiac allograft transplantation is one of the most complex procedures a medical coder may encounter. The operative...
Medical Coding for Sinusitis in 2026: ICD-10-CM Codes, CPT Coding, Acute vs. Chronic Sinusitis, and Documentation Guide Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I Medical coding for sinusitis can look simple until the documentation says “acute recurrent maxillary sinusitis,”...
Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) Coding in 2026: PEEK Cage, Anterior Plate, CPT, ICD-10-CM, and Documentation Guide Janine Mothershed CPC, CPC-I Key Takeaways A PEEK interbody cage and anterior cervical plate strongly suggest an anterior cervical fusion...