Medical Billing Specialist Staying Certified

Medical Billing Specialist Staying Certified

Q: Medical Billing Specialist – “I got certification in medical billing specialist CMBS in July 2015. How can I stay certified? I didn’t find a job. Right now I’m volunteering in a hospital and a doctor’s office.” JoAnne: I would …

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Carving out Time for Observation and Transfusion Hours

Observation and Transfusion Hours Carve Out Time Coding and Billing

Q:  Observation and Transfusion – “When carving out time for OBSERVATION hours do you carve out med infusion, blood transfusion hours, etc?” Chandra: A:  Trying to figure out which ones got thrown in there because that one, the answer to that …

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ICD 10 Code for CVA with No Late Effects

ICD 10 Code for CVA with No Late Effects

Q: ICD 10 Code for CVA or TIA with No Late Effects (residual or deficit) — “If a physician dictates” and this is another one of those ones that’s a little confusing “that a patient recently had a CVA with no late …

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CCO Student Testimonials Rose Chronowski (Success Stories)

CCO Student Testimonials Rose Chronowski (Success Stories)

Boyd: (CCO Student Testimonials) – This slide is a reminder of our wonderful people who are a part of the CCO community, which we like to call raving fans. Rose Ann in our CCO VIP Club, which I’m going to …

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Medical Coding for Additional Vaccine Add On Codes

Medical Coding for Additional Vaccine Add On Codes

Laureen: (Additional Vaccine Add On Codes) – Q: “How do you code for the additional vaccine add-on code for vaccines that contain multiple components such as Pentacel?” Chandra loves, loves answering chat questions, so normally by the time we get …

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CCO Copyright and Proprietary Materials

CCO Copyright and Proprietary Materials

(CCO Copyright and Proprietary Materials) – We have a page put up called https://www.cco.us/report if you know of anyone who might have tapped you on the shoulder and said, “Oh, I see that you wanted to get the Blitz, how …

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ICD 10 Coding of Osteoarthritis

ICD 10 Coding of Osteoarthritis

Q: “My question is in regards to ICD 10 coding of osteoarthritis when multiple sites are listed with laterality, i.e. left knee, left shoulder, right hand. Is it appropriate to code each one out, OR should the multiple OA code …

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CCO VIP Medical Coding Program – Earn Rewards for FREE!

CCO VIP Medical Coding Program – Earn Rewards for FREE!

Boyd: (CCO VIP Medical Coding Program) – This is available to anyone on the webinar right now. If you go to https://www.cco.us/webinarvip and I’ll put that in the chat right now, just give you a real high level view. Basically, …

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