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Q: Please review PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) CPT Coding. A: These codes went through a change in 2013 and it’s a big change. You get used to how something work and you teach it year after year and it took …
Q: “Can we discuss coding osteoarthritis? I often see it diagnosed as osteoarthritis with a specified site but not if it is primary or secondary.” A: This one is pretty simple. A primary osteoarthritis is considered wear and tear, and …
Q: Are Emergency Department visits diagnoses which state “suspected,” “presumed,” etc., to be coded following the inpatient or outpatient guidelines? That is, are coders to follow inpatient guidelines of “confirmed” if the patient is admitted through the ED to Observation/Inpatient …
Q: What should be the correct coding sequence about the vaccine? Do we code the vaccine first and then the administration code? Do we code the administration code first and then the vaccine? What is the correct sequence code? A: …
Q: Which credential is the best after CPC? A: Let’s go through a thought process of what you want to talk to yourself about if you want to get a credential after the CPC. The first thing that I like …
Q: A biller had contacted me saying that: “I can’t seem to get my first claim transmitted without some type of denial coming back. I am checking the CPT and ICD-10-CM codes and it all links together. What is going …
ICD 10 Impact on Risk Adjustment Q: How have ICD -10-cm impacted risk adjustment conditions? Depression is an example. It will be important for the provider to mention the severity (mild, moderate, severe) or clinical status since in ICD-9-CM, Depression was coded …