Dentistry is moving into the 21st century without an essential piece of healthcare technology, some say: a commonly accepted, standardized system of diagnostic terms. "We're behind medicine by a lot," ...

If a lesion is found during the colonoscopy, both the indication of screening and the finding should be billed. Bills can be rejected when codes are in the wrong order. Sometimes the patient tells you ...

A physician who is seeing the patient in the office not only has to select a diagnosis code for the office visit but also often needs to select a diagnosis code for an x-ray, lab test, or medicine ...