When Do ICD, CPT and HCPCS Manuals Come Out?

When Do ICD CPT and HCPCS Manuals Come Out

ICD, CPT and HCPCS Manuals Change On… ICD comes out in the summer, like early August, and they go into effect September 1. Some of them will come out even in June and July. The problem is that the guidelines …

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CPC Exam: General Preparation and Test Strategies

CPC Exam General Preparation and Test Strategies

At CCO, we have a formula for success that the Help Desk staff shares daily, probably at least a dozen times and it’s a pretty simple formula but it works. If you follow it, we really feel that you will …

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How to Find and Keep Your First Medical Coding Job

How to Find Keep Your First Medical Coding Job

Laureen: Definitely. Okay, so now we’re going to move on to this question: finding the first coding job, how to land & keep a coding job. We’ve talked about this before a little differently, but I’ll let you go ahead …

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How to Prepare for CPC Exam Day

How to Prepare for CPC Exam Day

Laureen: And, we’re going to talk about exam day. This comes up a lot, you know. What should I bring? Should I cram the night before? You know, what do I do the night before? They just feel like they’ve …

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Where Can I Learn ICD10 Coding?

Where Can I Learn ICD10 Coding

Laureen: All right, so the next question we had is ICD-10 related as well. “Where do you get started if you want to learn ICD-10 coding?” or “where can I learn ICD10 coding?” Well, we hope you come get started …

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What Does an HCC Coder Do?

What does an HCC coder do

Chandra: So actually, all of these risk adjustment questions came in from the same person. And there’s a lot of good information to share here and it’s kind of hard to summarize it quickly, but I’ll try. So what does …

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Can I Be Eligible for HCC Work as a CPC-A?

Can I Be Eligible for HCC Work as a CPC-A

Chandra: Can I Be Eligible for HCC Work as a CPC-A? Absolutely. And we’re actually seeing a lot, a lot of risk adjustment groups, risk adjustment prospective employers that are hiring CPC-A’s, and they do it for a couple of reasons: …

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Reporting Unethical Practices – Medical Coding and Billing

Q:  “Could you cover reporting ethical concerns in a future webinar? Attempting to notify the facility of unethical practices could lead to termination and adverse effects on future employment. Should coders keep quiet for the sake of their career?” A:  …

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