1. A patient receives two vaccines that are administered intramuscularly and two vaccines that are administered orally. The patient receives no counseling on the vaccines. Which codes should be used to report these services? A. 90471 x2, 90473 x2 B. 90471, +90472, 90473, +90474 C. 90471, +90472, +90474 x2 D. 90460, +90461 x3 2. A provider performs a 15-minute office E/M service for an established patient that includes high medical decision making. If you are coding by time in 2021, which is the correct code for this service? A. 99212…
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Exam always bring fear in our mind. When I left the school and college, I thought I will never have to face any more exams in future. But, it was not like that for me and other medical coders. When I entered into medical coding, I was not aware of any medical coding certification exams. As I started gaining experience, I was then started gaining knowledge about Certified Professional Coder or CCS exam. Since CCS (Certified coding Specialist) exam conducted by AHIMA gives only one attempt to clear the exam,…
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Certified Professional Coder (CPC) is an exam conducted by AAPC. Professionals who want to pursue a career in Medical coding applies for CPC exam. Every month there are ‘n‘ numbers of professionals getting certified and I am one of them. Many of us who are already cleared CPC exam knows about how important it is? But, I am here for those people who how are interested in Medical coding and who wants to learn more about the coding certification exams. Your career will have good growth if you carry healthy…
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Medical coding field is the best career option for all professionals. If you are very much interested in medical science, anatomy and physiology, you will surely enjoy being a medical coder. Yes, it takes time to completely gain knowledge about CPT codes, ICD codes, HCPCS codes etc. but these codes will surely enhance your medical coding career. When I started my career as medical coder, I was immature and knew nothing about medical coding. Now after 8 years , I am a CPC certified medical coder with a healthy experience…
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Most of us always think that, to be a professional one should take a proper training, which obviously requires investing money. So, those who have money goes ahead and the ones who don’t ,choose a different option. I was into the same kind of situation when I choose medical coding as my career. I was unaware how to enter into this field. I was also told to take basic training to know how to read and code icd 10 and CPT code in a medical report. If you are have…
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Medical coding is proving to be a very good Career in Future. People from different field are now slowly taking interest in this field. I have seen people holding diploma, bachelor’s degree, Master degree are very much interested to enter in this field. So, if you are really want to be called Professional Medical coder, start learning from every opportunity in front of you. It is not about just joining a training institution and being trained; try to learn through the online sources and forums. CPT codes and ICD 10…
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If I am not wrong, we always think exam are very tough to clear from our school days. The same even I use to think but with the time, I have seen if you are prepared enough these exams will not be tough and easy to clear. This same thing happens with CPC exam. The preparation and clearing this CPC exam was tough for me when I see those big codebooks required for CPC exam. As we know these codebooks are the real factors for wining these exams. I was…
Read MoreEarn FREE July 2020 AAPC CEU by attending Webinar
Again in July month, 2020 we have an opportunity to earn FREE AAPC CEUs by atttending webinar. Yes, you can earn FREE CEU on July 30th, 2020, Time – 1 PM ET by attending a webinar. CEUs are very important to retain the AAPC and AHIMA credentials. Many medical coders will be on the verge of submitting CEUs, hence this post will be helpful for every AAPC or AHIMA certified medical coders. Let us checkout how we can earn this FREE CEU on July 30th, 2020 Time – 1 PM…
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Getting FREE CEUs has become more easier now. Yes, now we can get CEUs by attending Webinars as well. In AAPC, they have introduced a new section, were you can get CEUs for free by attending Webinars. If you are a Certified coder from AAPC, this is best option to gain CEUs and retain you medical coding certificate. How to Earn CEU for AAPC webinar You have to first login with your AAPC member ID and then go the below URL. https://www.aapc.com/membership/quarterly-webinar.aspx On this page, you will see a list of…
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CPC Certification Cost and Exam information To become a professional Medical coder there are few basic certification exams to clear. CPC (Certified Professional Coder) is the first and basic exam for Medical coders. Any graduate who wants to pursue a career in Medical Coding can give CPC exam. This Certification exam helps in both Physician side and Hospital side practices. There are two major Organizations who are offering Coding certification AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) and AHIMA (American Health Information and Management Association). Read also: Sample Questions and Answers…
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