Urology Billing Services in Vermont
The team has done a stupendous job in clearing the backlog of work from the other vendor in such a short time. Thanks, team, for your dedication by working through days and nights and weekends to have this accomplished.
VP Services
from CaliforniaWow that’s an amazing performance, you have collected 40% from the claims that was sitting unpaid for more than 180 days in less than 4 months. This is truly great performance team. Love your commitment, speed, and technology.
Pediatrician Physician
from Atlanta
When it comes to urological billing, the matter gets even more complex. Medical billing is a very complex topic and working with insurance companies requires experience-based expertise. Such complexity can only be handled by a company with a team of trained urology billing specialists. Urology billing has its own set of specific norms and regulations, with which the medical billing professional must be familiar.
Why error-free coding of urological disorders is important
- The scope of urology includes cancer, gastroenterology, pediatrics, andrology, endocrinology, and gynecology. This makes it different and challenging to comprehend.
- Mismanagement of the revenue cycle may arise when urologists have to concentrate on giving outstanding patient care and are hard-pressed for time.
- Urology operations are often expensive. Underpayment or non-payment of urology services performed may considerably harm the practice.
- Health practitioners can have better control over the collections and denials of claims.
Surgical procedures in urology
- Incision
- Excision
- Transplantation
- Laparoscopy
- Endoscopy (Cystoscopy, urethroscopy, cystourethroscopy, etc.)
- Catheter introduction
- Repairs
CPT codes for urology surgeries
The CPT codes are assigned by categorizing them based on the organs like kidney, ureter, bladder, and urethra
- 50010-50593 – Surgical procedures on the kidney
- 50600-50980 - Surgical procedures on the Ureter
- 51020-52700 - Surgical procedures on the bladder
- 53000-53800 - Surgical procedures on the urethra
Challenges faced by Urology billing and coding
- Not coding at the highest level
- Bad Documentation/Missing Documentation
- Failing to Use Current/Updated Code Sets
- Under- and Over coding
- Failure to observe the entire claims process
- Failure to have a financial policy
- Strategies that aren't covered or require pre-authorization
The iMagnum team is well-equipped and knowledgeable. Therefore, our revenue cycle management solutions are set up to collect money from patients, claims remittances, and data that is supported by proof. Getting paid from all these sources can help ensure medical payments for your practice and increase its profitability.