by Medical Management Institute | May 20, 2021 | MMI Blog
Medical coding is the translation of narrative medical record text into numeric data for the purpose of communicating data to insurance companies and establishing clinical outcomes. There are a variety of locations where medical services are rendered and coding for... 
by Medical Management Institute | Mar 19, 2021 | MMI Blog
It’s important to remember that updates on how to document and code for evaluation and management visits (E/M) visits cannot always be found in this year’s CPT® code book. For the latest updates and guidelines, you will want to refer to the 2021 CPT® Errata and... 
by Medical Management Institute | Feb 19, 2021 | Coding Updates, MMI Blog
February is National Heart Month. The 2021 CPT® code set that went into effect January 1, 2021 included new codes to include all the technology advances within healthcare, and cardiology more specifically. There have been lots of technological advancements in... 
by Medical Management Institute | Feb 5, 2021 | Healthcare, Medical Coding, MMI Blog
Employers provide measures of success for coders. Most of the time they are productivity, or how many charts they can get code in a certain time, and efficiency, the quality of coding in the charts completed. In the end, most employers want an effective and productive... 
by Medical Management Institute | Jan 22, 2021 | Healthcare in the News, MMI Blog
The American Medical Association’s CPT® Editorial Panel has released a fourth COVID-19 vaccine code along with a proprietary administration code. On January 19, 2021, AMA released CPT® code: 91303 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)... 