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Medicare can pretty much do whatever they want and audit pretty much just about whatever they decide to do. They have been doing this CERT audits on 99215 and other high-level E/M codes. One year, it may be a 99214 …
Do you find colonoscopy coding tricky? For most beginners, it can be, particularly when coding removal of multiple polyps using different techniques. You can check out below the three common mistakes coders should avoid to make colonoscopy coding easier. First, …
Question: “My question is in regards to ICD-10 coding of OA (osteoarthritis) when multiple sides are listed with laterality i.e. left knee, left shoulder, right hand. Is it appropriate to code each one out, OR should the multiple OA code …
Applying Information Learned in The Field – Tiffany Used CCO to Get to the Top of Her Game…And Stay There Whether you want to achieve your next level of certification or improve your knowledge for your current position, our educational …
The question was, “How do we code for vaccines that have lots of different components in them?” Pentacel is a great example of this. Pentacel is a vaccine used to improve immunity against diphtheria, haemophilus influenzae type B, pertussis, polio, …
The Medical Coding Case: A 4-year-old is brought into the ED crying. He cannot bend his left arm after his older sister pulled it. The physician performs an X-ray and it shows the patient has a dislocated nursemaid’s elbow. The …
We had some questions from students regarding hypertension. They were confused about hypertension and CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease), and hypertension and heart disease. We talk extensively about this in the PBC Course so that is where we are going to …
In this article, we’re going to go over three (3) example cases and assign them the sequela and late effect. As a reminder, a sequela is the residual effect (condition produced) after the acute phase of an illness or injury …