Cardiologists Medical Coding 33206 – 33208 – Video

This is a really good slide, too. It’s titled 33206-33208. Laureen: Pacemakers. Alicia: Yeah, pacemakers. Q: A cardiologist implants a new pacemaker (doesn’t matter how many leads) and has a general surgeon create the pocket, puncture the vein for the …

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Medical Billing Career | Will Software Replace the Medical Biller?

 The job outlook for a medical billing career is very good and projected to grow 22% through the year 2020. This is due to the Affordable Care Act making health coverage mandatory and the aging of the baby boomer population. …

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CPT Coding Guidelines – ICD-10 course – Video

Q#25: The Guidelines: How do I quickly figure out the answers in the CPC test when there are multiple codes? A: We’ve answered this before. Alicia: Yup. There’s YouTube videos on that. Laureen: Yup. If you go to our site …

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Basic Claims Processing Steps for Medical Billing Online Courses

I am sometimes asked what are the basic steps in processing medical billing claims. This is actually a very good question for a new student to ask. Below are the general steps in medical billing claims processing. Basic Claims Processing …

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Medical Billing Online CMS 1500 or UB 04 Forms – Video

Tonight, we have Dawn. Now, if you’ve been on some of our past webinars, you may have met Dawn. Alicia:  There she is. Boyd:   Taadaa! Dawn:  Hey, how are you? Boyd: We’re doing great, how are you? Dawn: Hangin’ …

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Online Medical Billing Programs – Fraud and Abuse

Fraud and Abuse are the things that every medical biller wants to steer clear from in the industry. As a professional, you must understand the difference between them and the consequences for violations. Fraud is an intentional deception that one …

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Online Coding Classes – Place of Service Codes and Its Uses – Video

Q: The CPC Exam Prep: Place of Service Codes: What are place of service codes and how are they used? A: The abbreviation for that is POC, if you didn’t know. What I was able to do was just go …

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Medical Billing Education – Form Use for Ambulatory Surgical Center Billing

Frequently, I am asked by students which form to use between the CMS-1500 form versus the UB-04 form. In most medical billing training programs, it is taught that inpatient billing uses the UB-04 form and outpatient billing uses the CMS-1500 …

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