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Coding updates aren’t confined to annual releases, and the April 2026 changes are a reminder of how quickly risk can evolve.

When we code and audit surgery notes, one of the biggest challenges our community faces is

Last week we released part one of our two-part conversation with Christopher Chandler

In my most recent episode of Compliance Conversations, I sat down with Tyler Griffeth

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is an advanced type of radiation procedure used to treat difficult-to-reach tumors.

I just returned from San Diego where I spoke at the HCCA’s 2018 Clinical Practice Compliance Conference.

The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) is a program designed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to prevent overpayment or improper payment of procedures that should not be submitted together.

For those of you unfamiliar with coding and billing, modifier -59 is a two-digit numeric code modifier that can be appended to a CPT or HCPCS procedure code, for example, and will frequently bypass many payor edits.