Clinical practice
E/M coding
Interventional radiology has evolved into a complex, wide-ranging specialty—but that evolution has outpaced many healthcare documentation systems, and resulted in crucial work being left unaccounted for.
Jan 27, 2026
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What is WISeR and how will it impact your patients?
In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, which will utilize artificial intelligence for prior authorizations.
Jan 27, 2026
Coding Q&A
Key additions and revisions to the 2026 AMA CPT® Professional include restructuring of the lower extremity endovascular revascularization codes, new Category I codes for IRE and more.
Dec 16, 2025
Celebrating rural health day
Interventional radiologists have a unique ability to bridge the gaps in access to care for rural communities.
Nov 19, 2025
What kind of guideline should you use?
Luke Wilkins, MD, FSIR, the councilor of the Guidelines and Statements division, discusses the various document types, how they’re developed and how they can best inform IR therapies and practices.
Nov 11, 2025
The trouble with triage
After realizing that IRs have struggled to build consensus around a triage protocol, two researchers have launched a survey on IR triaging, with the hope of establishing a standardized system.
Oct 23, 2025
Building a pAVF program
SIR’s Renal and Genitourinary Clinical Specialty Council has established a society-based consensus recommendations for the creation and maturation of pAVFs for hemodialysis access.
Oct 21, 2025
Coding Q&A
When a bilateral pulmonary artery thrombectomy is performed for a saddle embolus seen on CTA chest, what are the appropriate codes to report?
Oct 21, 2025
Coding Q&A
Radioembolization of a hepatic tumor and percutaneous endoscopic gallstone removal
May 22, 2025
The benefits of IR code simulation
Interventional radiology team members at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY, have implemented a cardiac arrest model and code simulation to improve timing, accuracy and staff comfort.
May 22, 2025
Episode 70: Call and work coverage with Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIR
In this episode, Mark L. Lessne, MD, FSIR, speaks with Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, FSIR, on how she handles working in a small and rural practice in Hawaii, lessons she learned while paving her own path and how she created an IR LLC.
