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Sharpen Your Time Based EM Coding Skills With This Tool
Having trouble getting your physicians to document time correctly? Share this tool with them. If you missed Jennifer Godreau’s time-based EM coding webinar last week, don’t despair. Slides from her presentation are posted on the Internet and full of handy…
Continue reading...4 Tips for Acing ICD Coding Questions on the CPC Exam
25. February 2010
Don't confuse words that look almost alike ... but aren't. Don’t let the test questions fool you. Take these steps when you study. The correct answer to many CPC exam…
Continue reading...5 Documentation Tips for Time-Based E/M Codes
17. February 2010
Warning: Auditors are looking to collect paybacks for under-documented codes. One way to boost your coding career is to ethically maximize your practice’s revenue, and one place to look for cash is time-based E/M codes. Lowballing time-based E/M codes because…
Continue reading...CPC Exam Coach: Modifier 50
9. February 2010
Twin Lantana, Joaquim Alves Gaspar on Wikimedia Commons Double your bilateral coding expertise with these ‘test yourself’ scenarios. Many sample CPC exam questions I’ve seen ask test takers to choose between a…
Continue reading...CPC Exam Coach: Modifiers 26 and TC
2. February 2010
If you think the only question to ask is ‘Does the physician own the equipment?’ think again. Knowing your modifiers is often key to getting CPC exam questions correct. So, today we’re going to school…
Continue reading...CPC Exam Prep: Your Roots Are Showing
27. January 2010
This sample CPC exam question tries to trick test takers. Learn how to outsmart it. Roots are one key to doing well on the AAPC’s medical coding certification exam. No, not the ones you touch up at the salon, but…
Continue reading...CPC Exam Coach: Modifier 58
20. January 2010
Texas schoolboys, 1943. Library of Congress. Your modifier know-how can make or break your performance on the exam. So let’s go to school. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to…
Continue reading...Modifier 25 Checklist
13. January 2010
Watch out. Modifier 57 or 24 may actually be the code you should use. Checklists can help you code correctly and avoid audits, so here’s a checklist to help you with one of coding’s most problem-plagued topics: modifier 25. To…
Continue reading...Surgical Modifiers: Don’t Let ‘Discontinued’ Spell Disaster For Your Claim
6. January 2010
Got modifier magic? We show you how to tell when modifier 53 applies — and when it’s a bad choice. Your physician went into a procedure expecting things to proceed normally. You expected the…
Continue reading...Learn CCI Basics — Or Watch Denials Flood In
16. December 2009
CCI 16.0 is coming out: Do you know what you need to know to get your claims paid and stay compliant. I once talked with a man who owns a billing company. When a physician practice claims are denied, the…
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25. February 2010
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