When CMS quietly updated the Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) for CPT 64772 from two to six units for 2026, it didn’t make headlines, but it should have. This change isn’t simply a coding adjustment. It ...

Value-focused patient care is transforming medical practice. As rising healthcare costs in the United States challenge the widely used fee-for-service architecture, innovative, patient-centered care ...

For years, debate around endoscopic spine surgery centered on whether the technique was ready for broad adoption. Questions about safety, durability, and outcomes dominated discussions among surgeons, ...

The American Medical Association has released new medical codes for 2026 amid a growing debate about whether the medical group may have too much influence over the healthcare coding system. The AMA ...

The CPT codes for instrumentation vary based on whether the procedure was performed with an anterior or posterior approach and how many spinal segments were involved. The counting of segments for ...

Therapists working in today’s ever-evolving healthcare landscape know that keeping up with coding changes isn’t just an administrative task; it’s a clinical imperative. The tools we use to describe ...