Examples of ICD 10 Covid 19 cases with answers
Example #1  Question: Inpatient is tested for COVID and the test comes back negative, but positive for pneumonia and the flu. Should we be using the Z code in…
Telehealth services coding helps COVID-19 cases in Emergency
Coronavirus has almost killed more than 10,000 people in Italy and now soon USA has become its main target. The death cases has crossed 3000 now due to COVID-19 cases.…
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ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines -related to E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use
The purpose of this article is to provide official diagnosis coding guidance for healthcare encounters related to the 2019 health care encounters and deaths related to e-cigarette, or vaping, product…
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Best coding tips for Pressure and Non-Pressure Ulcers
Basics about Pressure and Non-Pressure Ulcers ICD 10 codes A Pressure ulcer is also known as a decubitis ulcer, pressure sore, or bedsore. It’s an open wound on your skin.…
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ICD 10 Question & answers for CPC exam Part 2
 Coma due to acute barbiturate intoxication, attempted suicide T42.3x2A, R40.20 Two-year-old patient ingested an unknown quantity of mother's Enovid T38.4x1A Syncope due to hypersensitivity to antidepressant medication R55, T43.205A Hypokalemia resulting…
Coding tips for Pregnancy Complication in ICD 10
In ICD 10, the diagnosis codes are very specific. To code pregnancy complications, we have very specific codes in ICD 10 this time. Now, we have codes for first, second,…
Top Coding tips for Normal Delivery and Complication codes
Pregnancy codes have increased significantly in number in ICD 10. ICD 10, having lot of differences with the old ICD 9 codes, should be used very carefully. The only thing…
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Get more FREE CEUs for AAPC and AHIMA
Yes, I am again going to share a website where you can easily get CEUs for AAPC and AHIMA. We have seen previously how we can get free CEUs by…
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List of Chronic Diseases
Condition to qualify in the list of chronic diseases Chronic diseases are always difficult to code for a medical coder. Sometimes even highly experienced coders are unable to code a…
How to verify your CPC and ICD 10 credentials
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…