ICD 10 - Medical Coding Guide

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…

Jitendra M.Sc CPC January 2, 2020

ICD 10 Medical coding

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.…

Jitendra M.Sc CPC November 20, 2019

ICD 10

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…

Jitendra M.Sc CPC July 30, 2018

ICD 10 Pregnancy

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,…

Jitendra M.Sc CPC November 26, 2017

ICD 10 Pregnancy

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…

Jitendra M.Sc CPC August 6, 2017

ICD 10 Medical coding Modifier

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…

Jitendra M.Sc CPC May 10, 2017

ICD 10

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…

Jitendra M.Sc CPC August 3, 2016

CPC exam ICD 10

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…

Jitendra M.Sc CPC May 1, 2016