E/M with Diabetes | E&M Coding Tips

E/M with Diabetes | E&M Coding Tips

Q: E/M with Diabetes – “When coding say an E/M encounter and the patient has type 2 diabetes documented in the medical record but the patient is not seeing the provider for her diabetes, is it still listed as a …

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Free Medical Coding Practice Exams – CPC Practice Exam and More!

Free Medical Coding Practice Exams – CPC Practice Exam and More!

Free Medical Coding Practice Exams – One of the things that we always constantly get from our community is yes, we sell courses, and yes, we sell lower-priced courses to help with your coding and higher priced, but we also have …

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CRC Pre Employment Questions | CRC Coding Tips

CRC Pre Employment Questions | CRC Coding Tips - Certification Coaching Org

Q: CRC Pre employment Questions – “What is a good example of a CRC pre-employment question? What are employers looking for?” A: CKD Stage V requiring dialysis, AV fistula patent. This is what you need to know, you break this …

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CCO BHAT® System for Medical Coding Manuals

CCO BHAT System for Medical Coding Manuals-Laureen-Jandroep

CCO BHAT® System with Barbara Chippini Boyd:  Hi everybody. This is Boyd here at CCO.us along with our fellow medical coder, Barbara Chippini, CPC, CCS. Hello, Barbara. How are you today? Barbara: I am fine. Hello. How are you? Boyd: I’m …

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RA Course Pearl GERD | Risk Adjustment Coding (CRC) Tips

RA Course Pearl GERD | Risk Adjustment Coding Tips

VIDEO: RA Course Pearl GERD | Risk Adjustment Coding (CRC) Tips Alicia: RA Course Pearl GERD – The Pearl that Chandra mentioned, one that I had worked on was GERD, and I like to think of them as little pearls of wisdom. …

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CRC Practice Exam Question | CRC Exam Work-through

CRC Practice Exam Questions | CRC Practice Exam Layout

Q: CRC Practice Exam Question – “What does a CRC Practice Exam Question look like? How do we work through an exam question? CRC Practice Exam Question: Mrs. White is diagnosed with acute combined systolic congestive and diastolic congestive heart …

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Code Rule for Contusion and Abrasion | CCO Medical Coding Tips

Code Rule for Contusion and Abrasion

Q: Contusion and Abrasion — “Is the code rule for contusion and abrasion the same as ICD-9 was, i.e., code contusion only or do we code both now?” Chandra: A: The answer to that question is they’re both considered superficial …

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When to Use HIV code and AIDS code? | Medical Coding Training

When to Use HIV code and AIDS code? | Medical Coding Training

Q: “What is the difference between AIDS and HIV? How do I know when to use the AIDS code (B20) instead of the HIV code (Z21)? What role, if any, do ‘Opportunistic Infections’ play?” A: This is actually a common …

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