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    Wiki Is there always so much WALKING?

    You can actually book for April 2025 right now! Disney only requires a deposit, and its totally refundable. The rates are actually pretty cheap right now, so if you have a couple hundred dollars laying around, you can book the hotel now and if AAPC has it cheaper in October just get a refund!
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    Wiki Is there always so much WALKING?

    I’ve been to Coronado before, and I was more thinking of the actual convention center itself, which it looks like it’s just once central hallway, unless they’re planning on doing something else with it. Caesars Forum is literally double the size of the Coronado meeting space. I was actually...
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    Wiki Scar Revision

    L90.5 wouldn’t meet medical necessity requirements for benign lesion removal codes, but L91.0 should. If the surgeon is revising a scar for cosmetic reasons, insurance won’t cover that.
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    Wiki Harrahs resort fee

    and it’s a discount. When I called on Tuesday to ask if the price from the healthcon website included the resort fee, the rep originally told me it was $45 per day!
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    Wiki Is there always so much WALKING?

    I would love to attend next year in Orlando, but for those who have attended previously…..are we always required to walk 4-5 miles per day at the conference? Everything seemed REALLY spread out.
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    Wiki Short Term Disability

    They certainly can; there is no guarantee, but its certainly possible!
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    Wiki Mass excision with hernia repair?

    My surgeon wants to bill 22901,15734, and 49560 (I know this is a deleted code) for the following documentation: I feel like this documentation really only supports 15734. Help?
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    Wiki Free Nipple Graft with Gynecomastia surgery

    Well, per the AMA it is considered inclusive to bill 15200 with 19318, even if you do free nipple grafting....so by that extension 15200 is acceptable for free nipple grafts.
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    Wiki CDEO Credential

    I found it pretty easy; it touched on a lot of concepts that I harped on at work as a coder. I finished in about 2.5 hours and passed on my first attempt. Only a handful of jobs that I have seen really "recognize" it in the sense that they will increase your pay for it, but I feel like I "use"...
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    Wiki E/M decision making

    E/M coding has been very streamlined as of 2021. It's much easier to calculate MDM. What problems are you having?
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    Question Intermediate Repair Face/Scalp

    Copied directly out of my CPT book: So in other words, if a physician surgeon documents something like " The skin was closed in two layers deep 4-0 PDS" or "small amount of undermining needed to reduce tension", that should be enough to demonstrate intermediate.
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    Wiki Vomer flap AND "linear"palatoplasty?

    Does this sound like 42200 and 42235, or just 42235?
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    Wiki "Bilateral" muscle flaps on same limb?

    Hello everyone, I have a surgeon emailing regarding coding that was done, and I want to have documentation/literature of the correct coding for some things before I reply. fasciocutaneous flaps (15733-15738); in almost every single surgery, my providers "suggest" bilateral fasciocutaneous...
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    Wiki Finding a Job with status "A"

    Here is a list of companies/websites that hire CPC-A's that I send out to my students: These companies/third-party employers hire CPC-A's: Ciox Health The Judge Group CSI Companies Addison Group Wellstar Health System Tenet Health Novant Health Inova Health Catalyst Health Group...
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    Wiki Anatomy Question, as it relates to coding

    Would you/does coding anatomy consider the sacrum a part of the trunk, or a part of the lower extremities? Surgeon created a muscle flap using the gluteal muscle for a 4 year old. The operative not simply says : Surgeon pushed back that it should be coded as a "trunk" muscle flap, which has a...
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