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JoAnne: Q: Can you speak on the relevance of NCCI, commercial insurance and coding encounters? Example, if the patient is not on Medicare, do NCCI codes matter? A: The acronym NCCI means National Correct Coding Initiative. It was developed by …
CPC Certification Online There are online medical coding certificate programs available that specifically prepare students for Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification. These online programs offer medical coding courses that ready graduates for both ICD-9 and CPT coding jobs. Although courses are …
HCC Coding Definition HCC coding is a type of specialty coding and it’s hierarchical coding and that’s done for Medicare Advantage. Since 2004, Medicare has used the HCC Coding (Hierarchical Condition Categories) model to calculate payments to providers and health …
What Does a Medical Coder Do? Coders work in a variety of settings and their individual workdays differ based on size of facility, type of physician, etc.. The following example outlines what may be a typical day in the life …
A: You bet I can. And it is confusing because the terms are interchangeable, both of them use them and yet they do them for different reasons, and so it does. It gets a little confusing. This is actually a …
A month away from now, ICD-10 implementation will become official and all indications suggest that October 1 will be the day that finally matters for the code set conversion. It has been a long time coming and now that the …
Q: [Transbronchial Biopsy Medical Coding] – How would you code a transbronchial biopsy of the left lower lobe of the lung with BAL washings, but with no lung tissue identified on the pathology report? A: The first thing is, what’s …
Laureen: And here’s the lineup of the pre-done questions for you. We will have open Q & A the last half hour, but these are the ones that we took our time doing some research and putting together some answer …