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What is Medical Coding?
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...
Latest AMA 2021 CPT® Errata and Technical Corrections
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...
Cardiology Codes to Remember for National Heart Month
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...
How To Be An Effective and Productive Coder
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...
AMA Releases New Code for New COVID-19 Vaccine
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)...
Codes to Know for the 2020 Holiday Season
The holiday season is here and it’s typically a wonderful time of year. It’s typically all about family gatherings and traditions. Yet, since it is at the end of the year, it can become a bit stressful. COVID-19 hasn’t made this year any less stressful! No matter what...
Some Job Positions to Keep in Mind When Newly Credentialed: Part Two
If you haven’t had the chance to read part one of this blog post, you can do so here. To continue our list, here are some different job positions to consider than just a medical coder or biller: Charge Capture This position requires an attentive person. If there are...
Codes to Know for Thanksgiving 2020
ICD-10 has brought along so many codes, many that may not get used throughout the year. Without a doubt, the holidays will be very different this year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with Thanksgiving tomorrow, it is very important to brush up on ICD-10...
Some Job Positions to Keep in Mind When Newly Credentialed
With any new job seeker, there is definitely a catch-22. You can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t get experience without a job. With coding and billing positions, it is certainly the same way! This could be for a variety of reasons, but MMI wants to be...
How to Report Alternative Testing for Breast Imaging
In the last week of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is never too late to review codes for alternative testing and imaging for breast cancer! For the people with a breast cancer diagnosis or for those with a high risk of breast cancer, magnetic resonance imaging...