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04/20/2026
by: Laura Evans, CPC and Julia Kyles, CPC
Proposed changes to the ICD-10-CM code set include new codes for ectopic pregnancy, vanishing twin syndrome, cardiomyopathy, osteomyelitis, numerous toxic effect codes and personal history of Clostridioides difficile infection, among others.
04/20/2026
With a “pause” on visa renewals in effect, some foreign-born providers who have been working in the United States find themselves denied renewal and even seized by immigration officials. If you employ such providers and want to keep them, there are some warnings you should pass on to them, and ways to possibly help spare them from being caught up in the crackdown.
04/20/2026
Question: An auditor from our Medicare administrative contractor recently informed our practice that to bill services incident-to, the supervising physician must actively participate in the patient’s care, which means seeing the patient every 12 months. Is that what active participation means?
04/20/2026
Once again, medical practices that turned to modifier XS (Separate structure, a service that is distinct because it was performed on a separate organ/structure) in place of modifier 59 returned favorable denial rates on a number of codes that appear on both of the modifiers’ top 10 lists.

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