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Guest Post: Adventure is Where You Find It
My story - Kate Tierney, CPC-I, CPMA, CPC, CPC-P, CRC, COGC, CGSC, CEMC, CEDC, CBCS, CMAA, CICS, CHI, CEHRS, CPhT Adventure is where you find it. My mother was a nurse – I started filing charts in the GP’s office where she worked when I was 16. I always knew I...
Changing Seasons: Equipping Ourselves for Success
As the leaves on the trees are beginning to change all around us, I am reminded again that the only constant in healthcare is change. And in order to be successful in medical coding, we must embrace and adapt quickly to change. These past 18 months have brought much...
There’s Always Something Fresh and New
I was out in the backyard yesterday, putting out some suet and seed for the birds and noticed the new lilac buds turning green, the first sign of Spring! My heart thrilled at the idea of emerging flowers, the sweet songs of birds and warmer weather. Just like the...
Coding from the Heart
As coders, we take our jobs very seriously, sometimes a little too seriously. What I mean by that is sometimes we take what we read to heart. As we are coding, we are reading the story of peoples’ lives and of their illnesses, their tragedies, their injuries, and...
Updated Helpful Website Guide for Medical Coders
Sometimes when we are coding, we need to check coding guidelines, bundling rules, relative value units (RVUs) or global days. I have just finished updating my Helpful Websites page and wanted you to know in case you need access to updated resources, most of which are...
Time to Make Some Changes
Just when we thought we had a handle on ICD-10-CM, CMS has announced the first changes to the code set. They can be found at:
School’s Out! How are You Spending Your Summer?
School’s out and summer is in full swing! Campgrounds are open, kids are swimming, and folks are road tripping all around the country. There is so much to see and do this summer. And some may be starting their summer by doing one of the most important things for their...
Out with the Old, In with the New
It’s been a busy fall/winter season and hard to believe that it’s December and the year is almost over. Although much of the east is warm right now, winter has set in in the west. We are covered with snow and it’s a winter wonderland. We didn’t even get rid of all...
Real Life Coding: Brown Recluse Spider Dilemma Coding in ICD-10
In this season of Halloween, I thought I would code my personal venomous spider experience in ICD-10-CM and use some of those new external cause codes. So here’s my spider story: I was working down in Tucson, Arizona and our team decided to stay at a beautiful resort...
“Oh the Places You’ll Go!” — Guest Blog Post by Melody S. Irvine
When I was a Lass… When I was a "lass" I needed to find a job that was exciting. I was lucky to be hired at a local hospital as the hospital operator and had no idea how this would change my life. Through the years working at the hospital I was promoted to many...
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