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EM Guidelines 95 and 97 — VIDEO
EM guidelines for 95 versus 97. The first person wrote, “I see EM guidelines 95 and 97 used in prep test for the CPC. Can you explain what these guidelines are? I’m not sure what these are.” And then number …
Medical Coding Education
Medical Coding Jobs Best Paying Specialties — VIDEO
Laureen: Alicia, someone wanted to know, you mentioned VIR was the top 3rd medical coding specialty. Now they want to know what are number 1 and number 2 medical coding jobs? Alicia: Oh well actually, the top 3 are cardiology, …
64495-LT and 64495-LT-59 VIDEO
And then here is a question that we didn’t get to last time. This was on the forum and she was asking, Ana, about… they’re getting denials for 64495–LT-59. And she’s got the you know, whole op report here… and …
The Mystery Behind Medications For Coders
The Mystery Behind Medications for Coders Lets face it. Medication can seem like a foreign language at times. On top of that most have two names each, a brand name and generic. You may know the name brand because you …
Cancer Codes & ICD 9 — VIDEO
Cancer codes: Alicia: Okay so someone had wanted to review cancer codes and ICD 9? And I’ve had a hard time picking which one to use, benign, malignant or not specified. So… and what I did was I just did …
ICD Code For Pregnancy — VIDEO
Alicia: Okay, Rahul had asked a question about an ICD code for pregnancy– twin pregnancy. It’s not really covered in detail on the Blitz videos but he wanted a little more guidance on it and says, “Can you please guide …
The Use of Omit Codes in ICD 9 — VIDEO
Alicia: Okay, omit codes. I had to think about this for a little bit and I actually sent a message out to a couple of my coder friends who have been coding a lot longer than I have and who …
Physician Practice Management: Causes of Declining Collections
Let’s assume you are working for a large physician practice or medical group and you are the coding manager. You check your staff’s work against the providers’ documentation, and everything seems to be in order. Insurance claims should pay without …