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KKritikas2023 replied to the thread Can a company revoked your membership?.Will my AAPC membership remain active after leaving my previous employer, or will it be terminated when my previous employer removes me from its corporate membership? Is there a specific time frame within which my previous employer must remove me...
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KI disagree with reporting 57500. You can report 58100-22 if you like, but since this code includes an endocervical biopsy if performed, I doubt you will get paid anything extra. Your documentation supports the EMB with an incidental finding...
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Aalisonwoodrick@gmail.com replied to the thread CPMA-Anyone else having trouble passing this test?.I just took it and aapc’s study guides don’t prepare you. None of the same questions or types of questions. I’m also pretty sure they’re using pre 2021 e/m rules in the study guides based on their levels.
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Three attempts and three fails. I'm about to give up. Anyone else having issues passing this? I studied AAPC's study guide. I did the online tests multiple times and yet I've failed yet again. Anyone know the pass/fail rate for this test? I...
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Aalisonwoodrick@gmail.com reacted to mcandia's post in the thread Problems Passing CPMA??? with Like.
Problems passing CPMA exam??? You are not alone in your frustration; I participated in the BETA exam when the AAPC first tested the CPMA exam. At the time I only had the Medicial Record Auditor book to study from and websites. I did not feel...
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DI am looking for a part time coding postion.
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SIf a patient with, for example, stage IV colon cancer or pancreatic cancer, is presenting for a follow-up and discussion takes place of surgery to remove the tumor with risks discussed, would you consider the complexity of problems addressed as...
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Kkkidd91 replied to the thread CPT 29884 vs 29876?.Thank you, I appreciate your feedback and quick response!
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JI am getting questioned and actually pressured to give the provider the codes he wants and especially code 20680 which I have always found to be bundled in this situation. He is stating that since this patients had pain for 12 years the plate...
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NNRaizman replied to the thread CPT 29884 vs 29876?.29884. This was a lysis of adhesions, not a major synovectomy, which is a rarely used code that would be more appropriate for PVNS, rheumatoid arthritis, or major synovial disease, not post-op adhesions. There is no specific code for the...
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LYou code both E11.36 and the H cataract code - See Coding Clinic 2019, 2Q, pg 30: Question: A type 2 diabetic patient with nuclear sclerotic cataract and primary open-angle glaucoma of the right eye undergoes phacoemulsification with intraocular...
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LThe provider stated the patient had diabetes and had cataracts. For ICD-10CM this is all you need to code it as diabetic cataracts.
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LAgain in this ICD-10 CM era, they do not need to be linked by provider documentation if the condition like cataracts is listed under the word "with" under its main term such as diabetes. For ICD-9 coding the terms must be linked in the...
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LThis is new for ICD-10 CM. the provider does not have to document the relationship or the word with in the documentation. If the complication is listed under the term "with" in the alpha section of the code book then it is a presumed causal...