Medical coding professionals are entering a pivotal moment in 2026 as the industry grapples with the April 1 ICD-10-CM guideline updates and the most extensive CPT changes in recent memory, featuring ...
The 2026 ICD-10 updates bring hundreds of new, more specific codes, stricter documentation requirements, and AI-driven payer reviews catching more errors than ever. Practices that don’t adapt risk ...
Medical coding and billing productivity is going to decline after Oct. 1. That means it will take longer to prepare medical claims and receive reimbursements. How much time is guesswork. But the ...
As time has gone on, dental coding has become increasingly complicated, making it easy to not catch simple mistakes. Coding experts Charles Blair, DDS, and Glenda Hood of practice management company ...
Steve Claypool, MD, is vice president of clinical development and informatics, and Allison Errickson, CPC-H, is director of coding compliance and content, Clinical Solutions Division, for ProVation ...