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Medical coding professionals needs to carry credentials or certification for a growth in their career. I have already written a lot about CPC (Certified Professional Coder) exam conducted by AAPC. You would have now got all the important tips for preparing and clearing CPC exam. But, today we will talk of CCS (Certified Coding Specialist) … 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
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In 2018, we will be having a total of 314 CPT code changes. Also, we will be having two new modifiers as well in 2018. Today, we will checkout some of the new CPT codes added in 2018 in procedure codebook. The new CPT 2018 manual contains a total of 172 new codes and 60 … Read more
Sample Medical Coding Report 1 REASON FOR STUDY: cervical radiculopathy CLINICAL HISTORY: Cervical radiculopathy COMPARISON: None. TECHNIQUE: Medication reconciliation form reviewed and any changes related to this procedure resolved. Standard technical protocol was utilized. Dosimetry: CTDI: 7 mGy; DLP: 246 mGy-cm (Note: These dose indicators do not reflect the effective patient dose, but are metrics … 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
In ICD 10 PCS we have around 31 icd 10 pcs root operations for coding procedure codes. Out of these we have already discussed few of them previously. Today, we try to learn when to use root operation RESECTION: one of icd 10 pcs root operations for coding ICD 10 PCS codes. Root operation defines the main objective … Read more
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 list of chronic diseases. So, you are not alone there who has the problem with chronic diseases. The problem with these chronic disease is the … Read more