Your job as a clinical coding professional requires you to analyze clinical statements and assign codes to them to get reimbursement from insurance companies and/or federal agencies. The 5-digit numerical codes help the insurance companies to do the required paper work to pay your healthcare organization or physician office. To get your office its deserved [...]
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Don’t Lose Sleep Over Your Multi-Specialty Coding Worries
January 21st, 2010
admin Multi-specialty coding is more of a necessity for surgery, where coders are required to work across specialties. As a ‘floater’, you will have to research and document multiple specialty CPT and ICD-9 codes to get reimbursement. Surgery has the most varied type of specialties which can include any and every part of the human body. [...]
Add a Zing to Your Medical Coding Career by Attending Coding Seminars
December 14th, 2009
admin A medical coder’s ultimate objective is to realize the intended use of the numerical codes – CPT, ICD-9 and HCPCS codes and get proper reimbursement. The changes in medical coding corresponds to the developments in medical science; actually a bit faster. The constant modification and changes in codes requires medical coders to remain always alert [...]
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