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Compliant Billing and Coding for your
Podiatry Practice
Podiatry is specific to the procedures for toe, ankle or foot treatments, so the medical
billing and coding is a specialized process with detailed and specific codes. It also carries
very precise guidelines and policies for the procedure to be billed. Your Podiatry
practice cannot ignore the rapid changes and updates in the codes or will suffer from
incomplete claims, decreased revenues and possible audits. It requires the transition to
ICD-10 coding as well as the varied codes for a wide range of medical and surgical
procedures. A compliant billing and coding Podiatry Practice must keep in mind –

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 Relevant CPT codes – Current Procedural Technology (CPT) ensures that your
practice is following the latest and most up to date coding for your patients. The
codes and policies of CPT facilitate accurate coding of claims for the services
provides and regular revenue generation.
 Payer Specific Coding – The different procedures carried out by the doctors of
Podiatric medicine have complex coding but it is differently coded by different
payers. It is essential for your medical staff to be well aware of the anatomy and
different codes for different payers to correctly code these patients billing.
 Transition to ICD-10 coding – All medical practices will be converting to the ICD-
10 billing and coding procedures by the last quarter of this year. Your practice
must start the process of this transition as early as possible to ensure mistakes,
incorrect coding, billing and claim errors are minimized. Training of the staff for

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this transition must also be initiated by your Podiatry practice to ensure that the
practice is compliant to the latest billing and coding practices.
 HIPAA compliance – The guidelines and standards set by Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) must be followed in all procedures and
interactions with the clients. The changes and new guidelines must be followed
to allow better billing and coding practices as well as decrease fraudulent
dealings and reduce overall expense of your podiatry practice.
 Trained support staff – If you use your time for coding all your patients then
your podiatry practice and patients are denied of your valuable expertise as a
medical expert and your revenues also suffer. The need of well trained staff to
carry out all coding and billing for patients is essential so that you devote
maximum time to serving your patients. The process of coding, reimbursement

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and compliance goes hand in hand. It possible for these to be accurate with the
help of trained staff.
 Adopt Revenue Cycle Management – The adoption of RCM for your Podiatry
Practice ensures seamless billing, coding, claims management and collections.
The accounts are received on time and your practice offers best and
comprehensive services to your patients.
Medicalbillersandcoders.com is a specialized billing and coding expert with hands on
tools and teams to help you in maintaining compliant billing and coding and leading to
an efficient practice and increasing bottom lines. Your Podiatry practice can benefit
immensely from the dedicated teams of Medicalbillerandcoders.com who not only train
your medical staff but also ensure all your CPT and HIPAA compliant coding increases
revenue and decreases claims and possible audits.

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