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How to Become a First-Class Medical Coder?
Medical coding is a job for intelligent readers. Doctors forward the diagnosis and treatment details to the medical billing service companies. Medical coding staff interpret those healthcare jargons, for instance, the names of diseases and assign them medical codes according to a universally accepted coding system. The billers send those claims with codes to...
EHR Interoperability is Coming Soon per Federal Law
Electronic health records (EHRs) are supposed to allow for the sharing of health information. If a patient, for example, is found to have an allergy to penicillin at the family doctor’s office, then emergency room and other medical providers should be able to see the allergy in their EHR systems. Unfortunately, EHR systems do...
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM)
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the Federal agency responsible for use of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10) in the United States, has developed a clinical modification of the classification for morbidity purposes. The ICD-10 is used to code and classify mortality data from death...
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CPT 2018: E/M Aligns with Quality Care Initiatives
Code changes affect nearly every specialty.
CPT® 2018 introduces over 350 new Category I and III codes changes, as well as revised introductory guidelines, and new and revised parenthetical references.
Two areas that have been consistently misinterpreted in the past are revised for more concise coding: (1) international normalized ration (INR) monitoring and education; and (2)...
How to Prevent Arthritis in 10 Different Ways
Khloe Kardashian has been hitting the gym hard and has not been letting herself slack, no matter what is going on in her life, as well as making sure that she sticks to a very strict diet. Khloe has since gone on to lose around 35lbs.
"Khloe gives as much to the gym as the...
Pursue A Career In Medical Coding
A medical coder is a person who transforms descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into universal medical codes (either numeric or alphanumeric). Different codes are used to describe different symptoms, acuteness, treatment procedures, and other aspects of a disease. A medical coder is granted the access to patients' health records in order to make...
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Providing Health Insurance For a Conjugal Partner in California
This is one and the some as the case of matrimony in California
What has been observed in California is that there is no major distinction between a married couple and a couple living in concubinage. This is for the purposes of providing health insurance to one's spouse. What was put in place to take...
Taking the National Debate Local – Health Insurance in Columbus, Ohio
Dominating the news, lately: the Republicans vs. the Democrats, determining the fate of the health care system of our country, and debating the President's signature issue of universal health care for all Americans.
Ohio voters have a strong-spoken advocate, Republican John Boehner, who is arguing the Republican position that the Democrats' suggested reforms will be...
The Reasons for Possible Affordable Health Insurance
Finding affordable health insurance for you and your family, especially if you are self employed, may not be that easy to do. This can happen especially if you are buying for your own health coverage because there can be so many options laid out to you, and this can already be so confusing. Not...
Understanding Health Insurance in Virginia
Health insurance remains one of the most talked about topics when it comes to products that are indispensable for residents of Virginia. With continued increase in healthcare costs, the importance of health insurance plans keeps increasing.
It goes without saying that residents of Virginia without insurance coverage are at a greater risk of experiencing financial...
Rising Health Care Costs May Affect Retirement Planning
It is a universal dream that we all want to be able to stop working someday and retire. With today's economy and uncertainty, it is harder than ever to plan for the future taking all things into consideration. Just when you are looking comfortable and ready to retire, unexpected medical expenses can cause you...
