Updated Articles

  1. How Do I Set Up Courtesy Billing and How Does it Work?

    Courtesy Billing In a courtesy billing scenario, a patient pays the full cost for their care upfront and the practice then files a claim on the patient’s behalf, as a courtesy, to have the insurance company reimburse the patient dir...
  2. Using a Billing Picklist

    Billing Picklist The billing picklist allows you to create a list of frequently used codes giving you the ability to quickly select and add the codes you use most often to a visit. The billing picklist can be set up under: Billing > Fe...
  3. Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan CMS2v13

    (2024) Electronic Clinical Quality Measures Description Percentage of patients aged 12 years and older screened for depression on the date of the encounter or up to 14 days prior to the date of the encounter using an age-appropriate stand...
  4. 2024 MIPS Reporting Resources

    Below are helpful resources for 2024 MIPS reporting. Knowledge Base Articles Getting started with MIPS ( 6 steps) (MIPS) Performance Categories Overview Promoting Interoperability (PI) 2024 Dashboard Set Up and Overview ...
  5. Creating a Billing Picklist

    Billing Picklist The billing picklist allows you to create a list of frequently used codes giving you the ability to quickly select and add the codes you use most often to a visit. The billing picklist can be set up under Bil...
  6. Deleted CPT Codes

    Deleted CPT Codes From time to time, the American Medical Association (AMA) makes changes to CPT codes, including deleting CPT codes entirely. Deleting a code is effective from that date of service forward. For any previous dates of se...
  7. Questions about modifier 25?

    Do you have questions about the proper use of modifier 25? The American Medical Association (AMA) has recently released an article to assist. https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/setting-record-straight-prope...
  8. How to create a Custom CPT/HCPCS/ICD-10 that can be billed to the patient's insurance.

    Creating Codes  Should you need to bill a CPT/HCPCS/ICD-10 that is not available in DrChrono, you can add it manually. For CPT codes, you will need the code and its associated long, medium, and short descriptors. For HCPCS cod...
  9. Editing ICD-10, CPT, or HCPCS Code Descriptions

    Code Custom Descriptions You can add custom descriptions to ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS codes listed in DrChrono to use a more common language or preferred terms for your office by utilizing a Billing Pick List . The picklist is made up of...
  10. What should I do if the ICD-10 code I use is flagged as 'Removed'?

    ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes ICD-10 codes are routinely updated, revised, and sometimes, discontinued by the American Medical Association (AMA). If one is discontinued, it will be based on the date of service. For example, if you are us...