Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career

Finances of Practice: Inpatient Billing

July 10, 2023 Sara Schaefer Episode 36
Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career
Finances of Practice: Inpatient Billing
Show Notes

Sara Schaefer gets into the weeds of inpatient billing and coding with Dr. Marc Nuwer, Neurophysiology Department Head at UCLA and member of the CPT and Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) Advisory Panels, and Dr. Inna Keselman, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurology Quality Officer at UCLA. They discuss coding "families," CPT codes, new vs. subsequent encounters, diagnostic codes and levels of service- a great primer for moving into the inpatient space and maximizing your yield on billing.