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The “Get Certified” category identified resources for those that have some medical coding experience or education and are now preparing for a coding certification board exam.
Healthcare providers will start using ICD-10 instead of ICD-9 codes on October 1, 2015 (that is less than 3 months from now). ICD-10 expands on ICD-9 codes to reflect advances in medicine, which means that using ICD-10 codes will allow …
Laureen: This question came in, and I’m going to warn you up front. This is from a student so if this seems like total Greek and you’re like, “I thought I know coding, what is she talking about?” This comes …
Alicia: Now, we also have the auditing course, let me tell you about that and then Laureen can tell you about Tammy the instructor. It already started, our auditing course, and that is to prepare you for the CPMA credential. …
Laureen: Alright, so now I’m going to jump down to – I think who’s going to talk about Healthcon? You would –? Boyd: I would love to, yes! Healthcon 2015 – I wanted to report in behalf of the team …
This was very exciting, so whoever submitted this question, I really appreciated it because after I did the research, I didn’t know as much or hardly anything about this subject. I particularly like cardiology. Q: Can you review the LVAD/RVAD …
Laureen: Q: (Hernia Repair) My surgeon did an open parastomal hernia repair with mesh with ileostomy stomal revision. I see the code 44346 for “revision of colostomy with repair of paracolostomy hernia.” Can I bill 44312 with the above hernia …
Q #8: Know that Medicare doesn’t recognize consultation codes, the AI modifier is used. My questions is, is it wrong for 2 physicians (one PCP, the other a specialist) to use the same code on the first day (initial visit)? …
Alicia: We got a practice from Practicode. This is actually a Family Practice/Internal Medicine case. I thought we’d work through it and code it. It’s not very difficult to code, but it will give you an idea what you will …