A family practice treats patients of all types and often involves multiple fields of medicine. In a perfect world, a medical billing company that works for a practice will have all the proper knowledge of diagnosis and the right procedure codes that are used by the doctor. This will ensure that insurance companies as well…

The ICD-10-CM grace period offered by Medicare and some private payers – allowing the submission of less specified codes without penalty – has ended, just as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) prepares to roll out more than 7,000 changes to the code set. Providers will need to update their ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS…