Victoria Hodson loves to play hockey with her kids and ride horses with her 11-year-old daughter. And she loves that her body doesn't betray her. With clothes on, no one would be able to tell that ...

According to Medicare, as of January 1, 2014, “ASCs should not report separate line item Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes or charges for items that are packaged into payment for covered ...

According to Ms. Jones, guidelines start that multiple sphincterotomies during a cataract extraction justify coding the procedure as a complex cataract repair. “A lot of coders are not aware of all ...

(All of these codes are to be listed separately in addition to the ASA code for the primary anesthesia procedure) Also note that these codes are not recognized by Medicare or Medicaid, but most ...

LAS VEGAS – June, 27, 2023 – Patient eligibility for bariatric surgery, also called weight-loss or metabolic surgery, has expanded over the last decade and its safety and effectiveness even further ...

In the modern National Health Service (NHS), performance outcome is increasingly being compared between surgical units. These quality indices exert a significant influence on the choice of providers ...

Bariatric surgery is effective and safe and may reverse diabetes, prompting calls for the 1991 US National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines on the topic to be revised. The procedure has changed ...

People with heart disease should take special precautions before undergoing any kind of surgery, even noncardiac surgery, to reduce their risk of a cardiac event, according to new joint guidelines ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New devices for spine fixation and instrumentation seem to appear every day. Integrating these new devices into ...