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May 9, 2026

Gender-Affirming Surgery Billing: What the Code Actually Pays (And What It Doesn’t)

The Core Problem: One Code, Many Techniques The technique changes depending on the patient. The CPT code doesn’t. For top surgery — augmentation, reduction, mastectomy with nipple reconstruction — reimbursement is tied to the standard diagnosis for that procedure type. A reduction for macromasty and a reduction for masculinization carry the same code, same reimbursement, […]

May 9, 2026

Clean Claim Rate, AR Aging, and DRO: The 4 Billing KPIs Every Practice Should Track

What Is a Good Clean Claim Rate? Ninety-five percent. That’s the floor. The reciprocal is a 5% denial rate — which sounds manageable until you see how many follow-up hours that 5% generates downstream. Most practices below 95% aren’t losing to payer behavior. They’re losing to their own intake process. Three variables move this number […]

March 5, 2018
by John Gwin

Plastic Surgery and Dermatology Consulting / Medical Billing

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