Medical Coding Links

Codes

CPT®

• Access to CPT codes and RVUs
• CPT code updates

ICD-9-CM

• 2011 ICD-9-CM Guidelines and Errata
• Meeting information
• Code change tables
• How to request new codes
• Diagnosis code addenda and errata
• Minutes from meetings

HCPCS Level II codes

• Downloadable data files of current codes
• Pending proposals for codes
• Updates to 2011 HCPCS Level II Codes

EMR Resources

Health IT

• United States Department of Health and Human Services

CCHIT-certified 2011 EMR Products

• Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)

Ambulatory EHR

• ABEL Medical Software
• Compulink
• EHS, Ins.
• Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc.
• KeyMedical Software, Inc.
• MCS – Medical Communication Systems
  
• Medent
  
• NextGen Healthcare Information  Systems, Inc.
  
• Pulse Systems
  

Emergency Dept EHR

• Epic Systems Corporation
  

Inpatient EHR

• Epic System Corporation
  

ePrescribing

• RxNT
  

ARRA Articles

• "Your Quick Start Guide to ARRA", HIT News, June 16, 2009
  
• "Prepare to meet 'meaningful use' EMR requirement", American Medical News, June 15, 2009
  
• "Meaningful Use Matrix", United States Department of Health and Human Services
  

Government

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
• Medicare Fee Schedule
• Physician Fee Sechedule Search
• CERT program
• CLIA
• RAC program
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Food and Drug Administration
• Indian Health Services
• Archive Federal Register
• Office of Inspector General
• HIPAA
• Medicare Learning Network
• Medicare Utilization Statistics
• NPI
• PQRI
• CMS E/M documentation guidelines
• NCCI
• CMS Internet Only Manuals

Health Plans

• Provider Manuals & Policy Search

Other Organizations

• American Medical Association
• MGMA
• AMBA
  

Practice Management

OSHA Regulations

• General Recording Criteria
• eTools
• Bloodborn Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention

Human resources

• Employee Rights
• Employers' Responsibilities
• Wages and Hours

Drug Enforcement Administration

• Registration and Renewal
• Publications

Free software

• Business in a Box (Free Document Templates)

HIPAA

• HIPAA

Publications

• For The Record
• MERCK
• Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
• BC Advantage Magazine

Specialty Societies

Anesthesia

• American Society of Anesthesiologists
  

Cardiology and Cardiovascular surgery

• American Thoracic Society
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• American College of Cardiology
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Society for Vascular Surgery
  

Dermatology

• American Academy of Dermatology

Emergency

• American College of Emergency Physicians
  

Family Practice/Internal Medicine

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American College of Physicians
  

Gastroenterology

• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
• American College of Gastroenterology
• American Gastroenterological Society
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  

General surgery

• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
• American Society of General Surgeons
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• International College of Surgeons
• American Society of Bariatric Physicians
• American Society of Abdominal Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons

Neurology/Neurosurgery

• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• American Academy of Neurology
• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• American Academy of Neurological Surgeons
• American Association for Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• American Physician Neurophysiology Society
• American Society of Neuroimaging
• American Society of Neuroradiology
  

Obstetrics/gynecology

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Oncology

• Society of Nuclear Medicine
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American College of Radiation Oncology

Ophthalmology

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
  
• American Academy of Optometry
  
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  
• American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Society of Retinal Specialists
• Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists
• International Society of Refractive Surgery

Orthopaedics

• International Spine Intervention Society
• Wheeless Online orthopedic dictionary
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
• North American Spine Society
• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
• American Academy of Hand Surgery
• American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
• American Orthopaedic Association
• American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Osteopathy

• American Osteopathy Association
• American College of Osteopathy Surgeons

Otolaryngology

• American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
• American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons

Pediatrics

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
• American Pediatric Surgical Association
• American Academy of Pediatrics

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
• American Academy of Dermatology
• American Academy of Facial and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Association of Plastic Surgeons
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
  

Radiology

• Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
• Society of Nuclear Medicine
• Society of Interventional Radiology
• Radiological Society of North America
• Association of University Radiologists
• American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
• American Roentgen Ray Society
• American College of Radiation Oncology
• American College of Radiology
• Association for Medical Ultrasound
• American Society of Neuroimaging
• American Society of Neuroradiology
  

Urology

• Renal Physicians Association
• American Urology Association
• American Association of Clinical Urologists