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Medical Coding Verbiage
As many of you know the medical field has it’s own medical coding verbiage that can tangle up the process of coding. For example in HCC coding if a physician states that a person has a history of hypertension and …
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ICD 9 to ICD 10
The future of ICD-10. I know that everybody gets really nervous when they hear about ICD 9 to ICD 10. Actually, if you’re a student now, I think it should kind of exciting because you’re right at the beginning of …
Colonoscopy Screening — Medical Coding Tips
Colonoscopy screening. The question is, “Doctor sees the patient in the office for screening colonoscopy.” So they’re like, “Is it V76.51 or V76.59?” “The doctor spends about 15 minutes with the patient and then we go in and spend another …
CPT Code Modifiers: Q5 and Q6
The HCPCS Medicare Level II Manual lists a group of modifiers that many medical coders do not regularly reference unless they are working in a specialized area. Some of these modifiers can be found in your current CPT Manual – …
Medical Coding Help: Understanding Suffixes
It helps to have information at your fingertips when coding. You will find that physicians often use different terms when describing surgical procedures that affect coding and billing of services for a patient. Maintaining notes on each provider can help …
Medical Coding for Pregnancy — VIDEO
Medical coding for pregnancy. I really like this because this is one of the most common questions that I get when I’m teaching. Pregnancy can be really intimidating because there’s so many codes that are involved. One of our PBC …
First Medical Coding Job: Marketing Is The Key
You have passed your CPC exam and are an official certified medical coder. How do you land that first job in medical coding? Searching for a coding job needs to start before you are a certified coder. Don’t wait until …
J3301 Medicare — Medical Coding Tips
J3301 Medicare. This is like HCPCS code, J3301. They were having problems with it being rejected. This is actually for Kenalog. What Kenalog is is a Triamcinolone cream or not cream. I think Triamcinolone cream, you can get that over the …