This is our slides, we have so many, where we like to give a shout-out to those who have passed any credentials, finished their course. We’ll go through these names real quick, and if you’ve recently graduated and you’re not on the list, please put it in the chat so we can recognize you too. […]
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Medical Coding for Additional Vaccine Add On Codes
Laureen: Q: “How do you code for the additional vaccine add-on code for vaccines that contain multiple components such as Pentacel?” Chandra loves, loves answering chat questions, so normally by the time we get to this point, she’s answered them all. Is this one of them? Chandra: I got through them all because usually you […]
What is a CVA Part 2
If we scroll down, I just want to give you a little shot in the arm on CVAs. CVAs are strokes, and ultimately a stroke is just the blood stopped flowing through the brain. Then, the I63 if you look at those codes it’s going to be occlusion and stenosis of cerebral or those precerebral […]
Medical Coding Books at New CCO Bookstore
Boyd: Announcing – Our Bookstore!! Yup! Alicia, have you check out the book store, yet? Alicia: Oh yes, I have. Boyd: Tell us what’s in the bookstore? Alicia: Well, first of all, one of my favorite manuals is in the bookstore. It’s the ICD-10 CM from Elsevier, the Carol Buck one, that’s one of my […]
Coding Parkinson’s Disease with Lewy Body Dementia
Q: [Parkinson’s with Lewy] “How do I code Parkinson’s disease with Lewy body dementia?” Well, we can bring up Find-A-Code again if you want. I shouldn’t have exed out but Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s with Lewy bodies is different and if you’re going to be a coder you really want to pay attention to those disease […]
Medical Billing Bone Marrow – What Code to Use?
Q: This is more a billing question. If the doctor performs at the hospital, as an outpatient procedure a bone marrow which is code 38221, can he add an E/M code along with a modifier 25? This is a Medicare established patient. He is a hematologist/oncologist. A: The code we are speaking about in the […]
Medical Coding Books | The CCO Bookstore
This slide is about our fairly new CCO bookstore. It’s been going very well, very smooth, and we’ve got a lot of products from the AMA, InstaCode which is primarily all ICD-10 specialtymanual, so check that out; some AAPC textbooks for our enrolled students, Cengage titles, Elsevier titles. Just go to http://store.cco.us and check it […]
The CCO HCC Risk Adjustment Course
CRC Credential – Risk Adjustment HCC Course Is Here! Oh, look, another slide with something I absolutely enjoy and love. So, some of you know I have a background in Risk Adjustment HCC Coding, I absolutely love it, which is not surprising because I love diagnosis coding. ICD-10, ICD-9, it doesn’t matter; just let me […]
CCO May 2016 Q&A Webinar Intro | FREE Medical Coding Webinar
Laureen: I’m going to go to the first slide so you can see what we have on the agenda. We also are going to be simulcasting this on Facebook Live, if you want to check that out, you just go to https://www.facebook.com/cco.us. It’s a good idea to like the page. In that way, you will […]
ICD-10-PCS Code for ALIF (Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedure)
Q: “I’m getting confused trying to code for ALIF in ICD-10-PCS. It seems so different from ICD-9-CM volume 3 codes.” A: It is very different. First thing we need to know is, what does ALIF stand for? ALIF is an Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedure, and so, an additional question that was written similar to […]