The medical coding landscape has shifted dramatically with the 2026 CPT updates, introducing 288 new codes and revising hundreds more across critical specialties like radiology, pathology, and ...

CMS has released new guidance on two different coding modifiers, according to an AGA eDigest report. CMS has expanded the range of service to which the PT modifier refers to include lower GI/endoscopy ...

MedSafe Billing and Coding released a report reviewing modifiers that specify a certain portion of the surgical package. While payment is coded in a global surgical package to include several aspects ...

Medical school curriculum is heavy in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and clinical rotations or clerkships. There is very little, if any, instruction on proper coding and billing for ...

Pathology coding blends medical detail with regulatory precision, ensuring that diagnostic findings are transformed into accurate, standardized codes. This process underpins fair reimbursement, ...

Many Florida hospital-based pathology groups have long-standing provider agreements contracts with Cigna. These contracts – specifically the contractually agreed-upon reimbursement rates for the ...