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    Wiki Prescription Drug Management - Credit For Therapeutic Injections and Vaccines?

    Hi, Leesa. I believe you are mixing the Data section Guidelines with the Risk section Guidelines. Under the Data section GL's, they specifically discuss a provider being paid separately for the Professional Component of a CPT code. There is no professional component for drugs administered by...
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    Wiki Any Radiology Coders that can answer this modifier question

    Thank you so much for your very educational reply and for the resources you linked.
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    Wiki Any Radiology Coders that can answer this modifier question

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    Wiki Any Radiology Coders that can answer this modifier question

    I have coded radiology and have never used modifier -59 to override and NCCI Edit. One of my coders using Codify to scrub the claim and check for NCCI edits used modifier -59. 73502-TC and 72170-59-TC is the way she coded. When you run this thru Codify Scrubber it does state a modifier is...
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    Wiki Coding Guidelines I.A.19

    Hi momo2! At times it can seem that the GL's are contradictory or confusing. But the GL's must be taken as a whole and not compartmentalized. What this GL is stating is that if a provider diagnosis Strep throat and the Strep test is negative, the pt has Strep throat and Strep Throat is coded...
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    Wiki Coding R03.0

    Hi and thank you for the replies in advance. I am looking for written information about coding R03.0 elevated BP reading without a diagnosis of HTN. There is a coder that wants to code R03.0 from a statement similar to this Vitals: Blood Pressure 142/92 may be related to the patients illness...
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    Wiki J3301 Rejection - I have a claim that is being rejected

    Thank you, that link is very helpful.
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    Wiki J3301 Rejection - I have a claim that is being rejected

    Anyone here use Change Healthcare Connect Center? Where do I put the description on the claim form?
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    Wiki Coding For Rabies Vaccination??

    If the pt is bitten by a bat or any animal the first time the pt is seen the bite would be coded primary, the exposure to rabies, and the external cause. For subsequent visits where the pt is only receiving the prophylactic vax you would code the exposure primary and the prophylactic vax as...
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    Wiki Using Screening for COVID(Z11.52) as a testing DX?

    You can also print a copy of the Official ICD-10-CM Coding guidelines for 2020 and 2021 or just have them on your computer as a PDF and they are easy to search. Reading the GL's once a year is a great practice. You may not remember everything exactly but you will be able to recall that "X" is...
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    Wiki Obesity

    Childhood obesity codes to an E66 code but not E66.8. Z68 BMI codes are not diagnosis codes, they are status codes that provide additional information and are not reportable without a diagnosis code.
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    Wiki Advice on how to gain coding experience

    All codes sets are the same, yes. However FQHC coding and billing GL's are different.
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    Wiki Advice on how to gain coding experience

    Hi everyone, I am a certified FQHC coder and biller. ArchproCoding has many resources and courses for FQHC, Rural Health, Critical Access, and Small Rural Hospital Coding & Billing. Here is the site: https://www.archprocoding.com
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    Wiki Sample Documentation for Common OV/UC visits

    Hello, I am looking for Sample documentation for common office/urgent care procedures. The EMR that is used is pretty good but has to be programed with macros and right now those macros are lacking. There is an option for free texting but the providers have no clue what to free text. I have...
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    Wiki 95957 Documentation Requirements

    So the basics of documentation are generally the same. I will post some guidance. However, since this CPT can be either Technical(TC mod) or Professional (26 mod). For the Technical component I am not certain, for the professional component there will need to be a separate written report that...
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