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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.
The topic that we’re going to cover this time is Medical Coding and Solutions for E/M. You know, I think E/M, Evaluation and Management, is so much easier than it used to be. It makes more sense to me now and hopefully it does for you as well. We’ll going to dive in and look at some scenarios and solutions.
10 things doctors should stop saying to medical coders. Not only are we going to give you the statements that we’ve heard in the past, but we’re also going to tell you tips on what to say to the provider when you hear the statement.
The ICD updates for 2023. Now, we’ve already done the regular updates that we get at the end of every year, but now they have started something new. So for the 2023 April updates, we have ICD-10 and in CM and PCS, the new code.