Ready for more ICD-10-CM updates? Over 500 diagnostic coding changes will take effect on October 1, 2018—with more than 30
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3 Major Physician Fee Schedule Changes That Will Impact Gastroenterology
Get ready for some critical colonoscopies coding changes. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the proposed
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2019 Skills Upgrade: Master the New Urology ICD-10 Codes
In the 2019 ICD-10-CM release, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a total of 473 code changes,
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the updated ICD-10-CM codes for 2019 – which will be
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Think fast: How quickly can you memorize more than 100 changes? You’d better have an idea, as that’s what you’ll
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As you well know, diagnostic radiology requires precision when it comes to coding – so much so that you probably
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As an experienced coder, you’ve probably been keeping up with all the news about the ICD-10-CM codes effective Oct. 1,
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Have you ever stopped to wonder about “other” Cardiology codes, such as E78.4 for “other” hyperlipidemia? While these catch-all codes
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Factitious disorder: You may have heard this term under another name (Munchausen syndrome), and it’s one you’ll definitely need to
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Pain Management Coders: Are You Ready for 2018?
Pain management coders: There are scores of new and modified codes to be aware of in 2018, warns Amy Turner,
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