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ICD coding guidelines are very important for coding diagnosis codes. Now, as we have started using ICD 10 codes we have to be more accurate while coding diagnosis codes. I know we already have ICD 10 coding guidelines in codebooks but we hardly refer them till it is very essential. There is the lot of … Read more
AHIMA has recently made few changes in the CCS and CCA results declaration. Yes, now the exam results will be declared immediately, not like earlier where we have to wait for months for results. The Beta period generally comprises of last 12 to 24 weeks and the results for CCS and CCA are declared after completion … Read more
Since the time professionals have taken medical coding as a career, they have the curiosity about how to be called a Certified Professional coder. Having a Certification with a nice experience in medical coding will surely give you a good growth in your career. Many medical coders first start learning about medical codes and then … Read more
CEUs or Continue Education Units are important for retaining our medical coding certification. AAPC and AHIMA are the best two organization which conducts coding certification exams. Once you get certification from these organization, you will have good growth in medical coding career. I have already share few blog post on earning or getting CEUs for … Read more
Basics about Medical coding Professionals from healthcare background are taking medical coding as a career. To be an expert in medical coding, coders need to be certified from AAPC or AHIMA. Both AAPC and AHIMA certification have high value and one can easily get a nice job after being certified. Now, here we will just … Read more
CEUs stand for Continue Education Units. These are very important for AAPC or AHIMA Certified coders to retain their credentials. CEUs are need to be submitted every year or once in a 2 year depending on the Credentials you are carrying. I have seen many coders struggling to submit their CEUs at the end of … Read more
CEUs (Continue education units) are important to retain your AAPC or AHIMA credentials. All the certified medical coders have to submit an allotted number of coding CEUs before few months of their renewal date. But, many times we are not able to get the required number of CEUs earned from AAPC or AHIMA. It is … Read more
Many of us are certified by AAPC certifications. However, very few of us will know how to verify or checkout our AAPC credentials in AAPC website. It is important these days to check your AAPC credentials especially for ICD 10. As we know this is the last month to appear and clear ICD 10 Proficiency … Read more
From October, 2015 we have started using ICD 10 codes. Since, these are new codes, AAPC want us to be more proficient with ICD 10. Hence, we have to go through compulsory ICD 10 proficiency assessment test to retain our CPC certification. This test has to be given by every member of AAPC holding AAPC … Read more
Deleted CPT codes in 2016 With New year in 2016, we will be having new CPT codes in diagnostic radiology. Since, we will be having CPT codes which will replace old CPT codes, some of the codes will be deleted. Diagnostic Radiology have the lot of changes which I hope will help medical coder in … Read more