Coding and reimbursement digest

Coding and reimbursement news

Welcome to the coding and reimbursement news page where you will find our most up-to-date content on coding and reimbursement. SIR staff posts monthly digests about upcoming conferences, training, events, coding changes, billing changes and other relevant IR topics.

SIR coding and reimbursement news and noteworthy updates

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2023 edition of the Interventional Radiology coding update is a valuable resource intended to provide information critical to physicians, administrators, and coders with practical advice and information on coding for common interventional radiological and endovascular procedures. Members can download a copy of the e-book, charge sheets and FAQ for free. Also available for non-members at a fee.

The Navigator® coding guides, created by the industry experts at Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies, are full of clinical scenarios, authoritative guidance, and expert advice to ensure your documentation and coding leads to accurate claims and less hassle due to denials. SIR members can receive 20% off thourgh this link.

SIR 2023 Annual Coding Webinar was on Feb 15, 2023. This year our webinar provided an overview of interventional radiology coding and billing changes for CY 2023 and reviewed the commonly asked questions for 2022. You may access this webinar soon on SIR Now.

2023 IR common missed coding revenue on diagnostic angiography/venography in conjunction with transcatheter therapies, diagnostic lower extremity run-off studies, additional selective arterial studies, follow-up angiography after embolization, and ultrasound guidance for vascular access.

2023 SIR Revenue Cycle Management course The Society of Interventional Radiology is excited to offer the SIR Revenue Cycle Management course. It will educate Interventional Radiologists and their business administrators on coding, billing updates, and best revenue cycle practices to support fiscally sound performance improvements. The course is designed to help IRs improve front, middle, and back-end revenue cycle processes, as demonstrated by improved clinical documentation, code assignment, and associated charge capture. Additionally, the course will cover the CPT® and RUC process on how a CPT® code is made and valued within the AMA® process. Purchase this valuable course here.

SIR Carrier Advocacy committee develops evidence-based letters to help overturn carrier policy, denied authorizations, denied claims, and comment letters to purposed payor policies. Click here to submit a request.

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