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The Society of Interventional Radiology 2024 Gold Medals and Charles T. Dotter Lecture Delivered at Annual Meeting

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Mon, 03/25/2024 - 06:00 March 25, 2024 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) presented its highest honor, the SIR Gold Medal , to Fred T. These awards acknowledge distinguished and extraordinary service to SIR or to the specialty of interventional radiology. MD ; Albert A. Nemcek, Jr.,

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Coding Changes That Will Impact Radiology Practices in 2024

Healthcare Administrative Partners

The annual update to the Current Procedural Terminology [1] (CPT) ® for 2024 has 230 new codes, 70 revised codes, and 49 deleted codes. In addition, there are 395 new diagnosis codes contained in the ICD-10-CM [2] update, about one-third of them describing new ways to capture accidents and injuries.

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American Medical Association Presents Award to Mark Alson, MD, FACR, RCC, for Work on Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Issues

Imaging Technology

christine.book Tue, 02/13/2024 - 10:55 February 13, 2024 — The American College of Radiology ( ACR ) has announced that Mark Alson, MD, FACR, RCC , was presented this year’s American Medical Association ( AMA ) Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT ) Burgess Gordon Memorial Award.

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X-ray vision: The complexities of radiology revenue cycle management

AuntMinnie

Radiology practices face several RCM challenges that are magnified by the specialty's unique requirements, including the following: Billing and coding complexities. Radiology coding is highly specialized, requiring detailed knowledge of an expanding catalog of procedures and the corresponding codes.