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Ccgaston reacted to Pam Warren's post in the thread Wiki How to search for Medical Coder Jobs in Germany with
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Remember that ICD-10 is different in each country. And because Europe has a socialized medicine program, coding is performed more for data collection and not claims submission. They also don't use CPT. Maybe research the healthcare system in... -
CLaterality is absolutely something that you should be empowered to correct when supported by the documentation though. That's literally a coder's job! Does the provider truly want to be bothered every time something minor like that comes up...
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CI agree with everyone else that a coder is certainly qualified to take the words in the medical records and assign codes to them. However, there are some employers who will not permit their coders to do so unless the physician is aware or...
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CI agree with you. You might ask your manager to chime in and hopefully back you up regarding this. If your providers don't want you to code from their documentation, then what were you hired to do?
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Ccgaston replied to the thread Wiki Professional Component claim denial.My guess is that whoever is billing for the technical component did not use a modifier, so they were paid the global fee.
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CThis is a bit convoluted to try and give an answer to. It would always come down to the specific documentation of the encounter being performed during a post-op period. You would have to take each encounter and scrutinize it. Why would an...