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Tips for Staying Healthy at Your Desk
Laureen: For our last question: Tips for Staying Healthy at Your Desk. We had a student ask, “I want to make some changes in 2017, all I do is sit all day coding or studying. What tips do you have to …
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Benefits to Becoming a Certified Professional Coding Instructor (CPC-I)
Okay, so the next question is benefits to becoming a CPC-I. CPC-I stands for Certified Professional Coding Instructor. That’s with the AAPC, of course. Way back in the day they started this PMCC (Professional Medical Coding Curriculum) and they would …
Remote Medical Coding With No Experience
I have noticed many newly certified coders posting frustrated messages due to not being able to immediately find work in remote medical coding with no experience. Many are discouraged and ready to give up on their dream. My personality is …
ICD-10 Coding Manuals: AAPC vs Elsevier vs Optum360
Laureen: Which of the ICD-10 Coding Manuals is better? AAPC, Elsevier, or Optum360? I’ll let Alicia talk about ICD because that’s her favorite. Alicia: Actually, the ICD manual is the easiest to get and has the biggest variety of …
When Do ICD, CPT and HCPCS Manuals Come Out?
ICD, CPT and HCPCS Manuals Change On… ICD comes out in the summer, like early August, and they go into effect September 1. Some of them will come out even in June and July. The problem is that the guidelines …
CPC Exam: General Preparation and Test Strategies
At CCO, we have a formula for success that the Help Desk staff shares daily, probably at least a dozen times and it’s a pretty simple formula but it works. If you follow it, we really feel that you will …
How to Find and Keep Your First Medical Coding Job
Laureen: Definitely. Okay, so now we’re going to move on to this question: finding the first coding job, how to land & keep a coding job. We’ve talked about this before a little differently, but I’ll let you go ahead …
How to Prepare for CPC Exam Day
Laureen: And, we’re going to talk about exam day. This comes up a lot, you know. What should I bring? Should I cram the night before? You know, what do I do the night before? They just feel like they’ve …