CPT® 2023 Guideline Changes

Get ready for consistency in selecting your Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services codes in 2023. Recently, the American Medical Association (AMA) updated the majority of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) E/M codes to be based on a medically appropriate history and/or exam and medical decision making. Does this sound familiar to you?  Hopefully, the answer […]

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Now Available on Udemy

Hey Udemy Students! “A Specialty Approach to Learning Medical Billing and Coding” is available on Udemy.  If you do not qualify for the Udemy discounts, select the following “Coupon” link for a discounted price:  Coupon.  This coupon is valid until August 2, 2020.  Otherwise, you may login to your Udemy account and click on the […]

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More Work From Home Opportunities for Medical Coders Thanks to COVID-19

The current COVID-19 pandemic has me thinking… What are practices and facilities doing right now with their medical coders? So, I checked out a few Job Search engines and noticed a significant increase in the available remote medical coding positions.  Even with the permanency of Electronic Health records, remote positions were still out of reach […]

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COVID-19 ICD-10-CM Code Update

The CDC announced on March 18, 2020 a new effective date for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) ICD-10-CM code of U07.1.  The effective date will change from October 1, 2020 to April 1, 2020.  Please notify your staff of these reporting changes.  Click on the following link for the complete announcement by the CDC: Announcement-New-ICD-code-for-coronavirus-3-18-2020  

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I’m a Certified Medical Coder with No Experience… What’s Next?

You finished the certification exam review…  You passed the exam…  You are now a certified medical coder…  What’s next?  I’m sure most of you have gone straight to the career websites only to find positions seeking “Experienced Medical Coders”.  Don’t panic.  I started my medical career by working in a military hospital laboratory.  After eight […]

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