Medical Coding Inpatient vs Outpatient – Video

Q: Medical Coding Inpatient vs Outpatient I’m having a difficult time distinguishing between how coding is done for each side (Inpatient vs Outpatient). Are we coding everything, (e.g. Signs & Symptoms) in outpatient and just the definitive diagnosis on the …

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Medical Coding Search Tools – Share your Tools for Searches – Video

Medical Coding Search Tools Q: Medical Coding Search Tools / Bubble Highlighting Technique – Can you share your tools for searches, and explain briefly how you “bubble” sections of the CPT? A: Absolutely, this is one of our claims to fame …

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IRF Coding – Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Coding – Video

Alicia:Q:  Can anyone elaborate on IRF coding? A:  This was pretty interesting because I had to do some research on IRF coding. It wasn’t something I was familiar with. So what does IRF stand for? The first thing you need …

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Corneal Crosslinking — Which CPT Can Be Used? — Video

Q:  [Medical Coders Corneal Crosslinking] Which CPT code can be used for corneal crosslinking? This is something I knew nothing about so I love doing these webinars because we learn so much ourselves and really the best way to learn …

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Physician Practice Management Auto Liability – Video

Q:  [Auto Liability] Is it acceptable when a patient comes in for an E/M that is auto-liability (related to auto accident), but at the end of that visit expresses health related issues that the physician addresses. Is it OK to …

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Immunotherapy Injection Sequencing – Medical Coding Help – Video

Laureen: This question is Immunotherapy Injection Sequencing. A student asked us about this scenario. Actually, I don’t know if it was a student or actually might just be someone on our discussion board who needed some coding help Scenario: The …

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Understanding Exacerbation Medical Coding – Video

Q: I need help in understanding how to code the following: These are three diagnoses – the way I took this question. Three diagnoses on one encounter, one patient. The three are: Acute exacerbation of COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary …

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When to Use Anesthesia Modifier Coding? – Video

Q: Anesthesia Modifier Coding — Can you go over anesthesia modifiers and when to use them? A: Yes, I can. Again, I’m going to bring in my doctored up coding manual. I used to be a real neat freak, believe it …

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