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ICD 9 CM Burn Coding — VIDEO
Burn coding. A student asked us to review ICD coding for burns. So if you have your coding manuals, I’m going to be turning to the tabular section of ICD 9 starting with code 940. So at any rate, here’s …
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EM Practice Board Exam Question — VIDEO
Alright so I’m going to take this first question. This was one… actually, I got twice this week so I said alright. There’s an EM practice board exam question out there, I won’t say where. I reworded it so I …
Medical Coding and Billing for Pap Smear and Pelvic Exams
There are specific guidelines to follow when coding and billing Medicare for a Pap smear and pelvic exam. Physicians ask quite frequently if it’s acceptable to bill a pelvic exam with a Pap smear when only a breast exam was …
Late Effect Guidelines — VIDEO
Late effect guidelines. “How does a coder determine and sequence late effect and principal diagnosis in ICD-9? This is probably a very basic question but as a rookie coding student, it’s confusing to me right now.” Well, it’s confusing to …
Medical Decision Making: Table of Risk — VIDEO
Medical decision making, this is from one of our Blitz video customers. “Hello, very helpful EM video but I noticed that you didn’t emphasize to write the CMS Risk Data Table for medical decision making in the CPT book. Is …
Etiology and Manifestation Codes
Alicia: Okay, I’m confused about the difference between etiology and manifestation codes. What is the difference and do you know any example… have any examples? And we just happen to have that. This is basic for coders. You know, you …
How to Land Your First Medical Coding Job
Not all newly certified coders have hands-on experience; but for those who have sat five hours and forty minutes for the CPC exam and passed, you have proven to yourself and potential employers, that you have the smarts to be …
Medical Coding Verbiage
As many of you know the medical field has it’s own medical coding verbiage that can tangle up the process of coding. For example in HCC coding if a physician states that a person has a history of hypertension and …