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If you’re a medical coder looking to advance your career, you’ve got great options to consider that really build on your existing skills. Let’s quickly go over what medical coders do on a daily basis. Essentially, you translate notes from …
Q: “Code G83.24 Monoplegia of upper limb affecting left non-dominant side. This code is used for diagnosing issues that affect the left side of the person. My question is, due to the non-dominant side, would this make the person left-handed …
Vaccination coding can be complex, with frequent updates to guidelines and nuances between pediatric and adult immunizations. In this in-depth article, we’ll explore key considerations, documentation requirements, and examples to master vaccination coding for patients of any age. Key Factors …
In a recent live broadcast, the AAPC spoke about the changes to their certification exams. In the process. they shed some light on the evolving landscape of medical coding certifications. The conversation, led by Alex Mckinley, Director of Marketing Communications, …
The healthcare industry is constantly evolving to improve the quality of care provided to patients. One important program that plays a role in this effort is the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, commonly known as MIPS. In this in-depth article, we …
The AAPC is now offering Online CPC® Exam Testing with their partner, Examity. With the original 2020 announcement came many questions, concerns, and experiences. Now, in July of 2023, there are even more changes and clarifications to policies. We’ve been …
There were some questions that came in about coding for obstetrics or OBGYN. So, I picked two case studies and we’re gonna walk through them and I’m going to show you how to abstract, how to look for the code within the case, and know that this is the type of study that we do with our new advanced course.
One of the things that we’re going to be talking about specifically today is we’re going to be talking about heart failure and the stages of heart failure. If we understand the different types, one, we can abstract quicker because we’ll know the content that we need or the verbiage that we need to be able to translate to the highest specificity.