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  • For more than two decades, the CPT Corner column in Plastic Surgery News, written by Raymond Janevicius, MD,  has provided plastic surgeons with the most up-to-date philosophies on ethical coding. In each edition, he identifies specific coding situations that surgeons are likely to run into, and explains why and how these should be coded. The PSEN offers dozens of CPT Corner columns from the ‘90s and ‘00s. Below you can browse the full list of columns online, or select a particular topic area.
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    Document what you do -- or else it didn't happen

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, April/May 2012
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Multiple new CPT codes appear in 2012

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, January 2012
    Subject: New Codes
     

    Challenge your coding aptitude with 2011 CPT quiz

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, December 2011
    Subject: Year End Quiz
     

    Face transplant highlights basic coding principles

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, October/November 2011
    Subject: Maxillofacial Surgery
     

    So how is modifier 59 supposed to be used?

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, July/August 2011
    Subject: Lesions and Repairs
     

    What are neoplasms of uncertain behavior?

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, June 2011
    Subject: Lesions and Repairs
     

    Perforator flap reporting may prove complicated

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, April/May 2011
    Subject: Flaps and Grafts
     

    Clarifying breast surgery coding confusion

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, March 2011
    Subject: Breast
     

    New codes and revisions appear: Debridements and wound excisions

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, January 2011
    Subject: New Codes
     

    Annual Quiz: How well do you know this?

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, December 2010
    Subject: Year End Quiz
     

    Decoding pre-authorization, pre-certification and pre-determination

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, October 2010
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Soft-tssue radical resection coding has changed

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, September 2010
    Subject: Lesions and Repairs
     

    Understand insurance contracts: the good, the bad, the ugly

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, July/August 2010
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Straightforward orbital fractures cause coding confusion

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, June 2010
    Subject: Maxillofacial Surgery
     

    Two new adjacent tissue transfer codes appearing in CPT 2010

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, April/May 2010
    Subject: Flaps and Grafts
     

    Consultations are no longer covered by Medicare

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, March 2010
    Subject: Misc.
     

    New soft-tisse excision codes introduced in 2010

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, January/February 2010
    Subject: Lesions and Repairs, New Codes
     

    Test your CPT coding expertise

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, December 2009
    Subject: Year End Quiz
     

    Benign legion excision must be justified

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, November 2009
    Subject: Lesions and Repairs
     

    After 20 years, CPT Corner continues to enlighten

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, October/November 2009
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Partial mastectomy defect reconstruction

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, September 2009
    Subject: Breast
     

    Pedicle flap CPT codes describe distant flaps

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, August 2009
    Subject: Flaps and Grafts
     

    Take notice of the new IDC-9 codes in 2009

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, July 2009
    Subject: Misc., New Codes
     

    Breast reconstruction coding: Everything you (almost) need to know

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, June 2009
    Subject: Breast
     

    What's global in coding carpal tunnel surgery?

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, May 2009
    Subject: Hand
     

    Coding fat grafting procedures is straightforward

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, May 2009
    Subject: Breast, Flaps and Grafts, New Codes
     

    Use modifiers accurately during the global surgery period

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, March 2009
    Subject: Misc.
     

    So why is there no code for DIEP flap procedures

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, February 2009
    Subject: Breast
     

    CPT codes for fasciotomy are not consistent

    Source: Plastic Surgery News
    Subject: New Codes
     

    Test your CPT coding prowess

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, December 2008
    Subject: Year End Quiz
     

    Use accurate codes when reporting hand infection procedures

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, October/November 2008
    Subject: Hand
     

    Breast reduction coding should be straightforward not confusing

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, August 2008
    Subject: Breast
     

    Specific CPT codes are necessary for wound explorarion procedures

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, May 2008
    Subject: Misc.
     

    May 2008 CPT tissue graft coding

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, May 2008
    Subject: Flaps and Grafts
     

    CPT Adjacent tissue transfer coding

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, February 2008
    Subject: Flaps and Grafts
     

    New plastic surgery codes appearing in CPT 2008

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, January 2008
    Subject: Lesions and Repairs, New Codes
     

    Annual quiz highlights new 2007 CPT codes

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, December 2007
    Subject: Year End Quiz
     

    Know what's global in trigger release and stenosing tenosynovitis

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, October/November 2007
    Subject: Hand
     

    Summer potpourri highlights questions from membership

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, September 2007
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Exicisions and repairs...more changes!

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, September 2007
    Subject: Lesions and Repairs
     

    Place of service absolutely impacts Medicare reimbursement

    Source: Plastic Sugery News, August 2007
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Potpourri: Coding multiple wounds and more

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, August 2007
    Subject: Lesions and Repairs
     

    Coding is important when sitting for the Plastic Surgery Board Exam

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, July 2007
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Clarifying the distinction between assistant and co-surgeon

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, June 2007
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Working with CPT code-19390 need not be confusing

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, May 2007
    Subject: Breast
     

    Numbers, not descriptors, have changed in new 2007 CPT codes

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, April 2007
    Subject: New Codes
     

    Panniculectomy and abdominoplasty codes now seperate

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, March 2007
    Subject: Misc.
     

    Forehead flap code is introduced in 2007

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, February 2007
    Subject: Flaps and Grafts
     

    Free flap codes dominate new 1997 additions

    Source: Plastic Surgery News, January 2007
    Subject: Flaps and Grafts
     

    New codes are used for surgical wound preparation

    Source:  Plastic Surgery News, June 2005
    Subject: New Codes
     
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