Cardiology Billing in 2026: The Biggest Coding Overhaul in a Decade
Cardiology practices are living through the most disruptive coding year in over a decade. The 2026 CPT code set introduced 418 total changes — 288 new codes and 84 deletions…
OB/GYN Medical Billing in 2026: The Global Maternity Package and the 2027 Transition Every Practice Must Prepare For
OB/GYN billing has run on the same bundled framework for decades: one CPT code covering antepartum care, delivery, and postpartum care as a single global package. That framework is being…
Dermatology Billing and Coding Guidelines: A Complete Guide for 2026
Dermatology billing is among the most procedure-intensive outpatient specialties. In a single patient visit, a dermatologist may perform a comprehensive skin examination, a punch biopsy of a suspicious lesion, cryotherapy…
CY 2027 ESRD Proposed Rule: What Every Nephrology Practice Must Know — and Do — Before August 24
On June 24, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Calendar Year 2027 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System proposed rule — CMS-1846-P. This is not…
CPT 2027 Maternity Care Code Changes: What Every OB-GYN Practice Must Know Before January 1
The most significant overhaul of obstetric billing codes in 30 years takes effect on January 1, 2027 — and OB-GYN practices that wait until December to prepare will be in…
General Surgery Billing and Coding Guidelines: A Complete Guide for 2026
General surgery encompasses one of the broadest procedural footprints in outpatient medicine — from laparoscopic cholecystectomy and appendectomy to hernia repair, bowel resection, skin and soft tissue procedures, and increasingly…
Ophthalmology Billing and Coding Guidelines: A Complete Guide for 2026
Ophthalmology is structurally distinct from every other medical specialty in outpatient billing. It is the only specialty with two parallel office visit code families — the ophthalmology-specific exam codes (92002–92014)…
Pediatrics Billing and Coding Guidelines: A Complete Guide for 2026
Pediatrics is among the highest-volume and most documentation-diverse specialties in outpatient medicine. A single pediatric appointment can include a well-child examination, two or three vaccinations with physician counseling, a developmental…
Psychiatry Billing and Coding Guidelines: A Complete Guide for 2026
Psychiatry has the highest claim denial rate of any outpatient medical specialty. According to Becker's ASC Review, psychiatric practices face a denial rate of approximately 16% — more than double…
Gastroenterology Billing and Coding Guidelines: A Complete Guide for 2026
Gastroenterology is one of the highest-volume procedural specialties in outpatient medicine — and one of the most billing-intensive. A colonoscopy with polypectomy, an EGD with Barrett's ablation, an ERCP with…