Medical Coding History Codes and Cancer

Medical Coding History Codes and Cancer

Medical Coding History Codes and Cancer: Here is an ICD-9 question about coding history and cancer. This is something that it seems like every student asks about. Someone asked via the last session I believe on V58.11 or V10.3 had seen it …

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CMS Finalizes ICD-10 Date

CMS Finalizes ICD-10 Date — What Does ICD-10 Compliance Mean

CMS Finalizes ICD-10 Date The time has come. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the ICD-10 Date, officially setting the implementation on October 1, 2014. The transition was originally set to take place in October 2013 …

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Medical Coding Certification Training: Radiology Supervision and Interpretation

Medical Coding Certification Training: Radiology Supervision and Interpretation

Medical Coding Certification Training: Radiology supervision and interpretation. This has been a perennial confusing topic and I was admitting to Alicia tonight that I had been teaching for three years before I finally got this. So I say that to …

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Medical Coder Salary — Four Ways to Earn More Money

Medical Coder Salary — Four Ways to Earn More Money

One of the best things about a career in medical coding is the ability to advance your position to make more money. There are many ways to go about doing this, some harder or at least taking more effort and …

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How to Land Your First Medical Coding Job as a Medical Coder

How to Land Your First Medical Coding Job as a Medical Coder

I Have Passed the CPC Exam – Now What? Someone had asked at the last Webinar, “I have passed the CPC exam now what? I can’t seem to find anyone who will hire me.” Well discouraging but here’s a little …

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CCA, CCS and CCS-P Exam Eligibility Changes for 2013

CCA, CCS and CCS-P Exam Eligibility Changes for 2013 Some changes are on the horizon for people seeking medical coding certification through AHIMA. The Commission on Certification for Health Informatics and Information Management (CCHIIM) appointed a task force to review …

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CPC Exam Questions — Integumentary Surgery CPC Practice Exam

CPC Exam Questions on Integumentary Surgery

Ok Here is a CPC Exam Question Sample from Laura, a Blitz student, its about integumentary surgery coding, and she says can you help me with this question? “When you are coding lesions and they give you the diameter, do you code based …

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CPC Board Exam Tip — How to Handle Multiple Code Answers?

CPC Board Exam Tip — How to Handle Multiple Code Answers?

Here is a CPC board exam tip, “how to handle multiple code answers?” We touched on this a little bit last month but I wanted to elaborate on it more because we have been getting lots of feedback on that …

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