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    Wiki How much expierence is needed to be a remote coder?

    Ok this is more like a survey. I keep hearing from students that they were told they could work from home right away. Im saying 2 years expierence to work remotely. What does everyone think the minimum expierence would be to work from home in this field?
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    Wiki Anesthesia coding compliance

    Ok I need opinions from everyone. I do anesthesia coding and we had an issue come up. OP report states a hysterectomy abdominal approach. The CRNA wants the vaginal approach coded (00944) instead of abdominal (00840) because they are both the same units and I am coding for accuracy and using...
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    Wiki Bundling question

    I work for a group of anesthesiologist. We provided anesthesia services for a pain management doctor who billed out 64490. We billed out 01992. The insurance recouped our payment saying it is bundled with 64490. I thought since we are 2 separate doctors in separate offices and different TaxID...
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    Wiki Nonpar payments

    Is anyone having trouble getting decent payments from insurance companies if their provider is nonpar. Most of our payments are at medicare rate or a little more (no more than 125% of medicare allowable). How does everyone approach this?
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    Wiki Phygenesys

    Has anyone heard of this system or used it? What did you think of it. I have some providers that are looking at it but I'm trying to get more info from people who have used Phygenesys in the past.
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    Wiki ICD-10 Assessment - So I attended a 16 hour bootcamp

    So I attended a 16 hour bootcamp over the weekened and took my test today and happy to announce that I scored an 87% Just dont stress its much easier than your mind makes you think it is. No trick questions at all.
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    Wiki HIPAA Violation

    Ok I want to know what everyone thinks. So I used to work for a billing company and billed for many doctors at different hospitals. Some of the hospitals we did not have access to their portal to get medical records if we could not read the doctors writing. Well the manager there her daughter...
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    Wiki Hemophilia patients

    Anyone ever bill for medication for hemophilia patients. there is a patient we code J7185 for the type of medication and for Aetna they only alloow 3 digit units so we put J7185x999 until we get to the correct amount of units and in this case the units are 72,000 and that is a 1 month supply...
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    Wiki Canpc

    Who has this credential? Can you tell me about your expierence with the test
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    Wiki 87804-I know for

    I know for this code you can bill it twice and commercial plans want 2 line items with a -59 on the 2nd one. At a previous job I had we were told by medicare that they want 87804 only 1 line item but 2 units and put the -59 on it, but does anyone have any documentation on this?
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    Wiki Hardware removal-Ok everyone

    Ok everyone I am having a debate on this. What is the difference between v54.01 and v54.89. If you look at section v54 it says excludes hardware removal (v54.89) but v54.01 is encounter for removal.
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    Wiki new vs. established

    ok here is the question. the doctor does a consult in the hospital, then xxxx weeks later that patients comes into the office, is that office visit considered a new patient or established patient? If possible can you provide documentation so i can present this to the doctor?
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    Wiki Ercp - coded this

    Ok everyone here is a good challenge. I already coded this and want feedback on how you would code this. ERCP Sphincterotomy mechanical lithotripsy stone removal stent placement
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    Wiki Certification

    Is it true that sometime in the next couple of years that healthcare facilites will have to have a certified coder?
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    Wiki Bravo placement

    Ok everyone. One of our doctors did an EGD, an unsuccessful bravo capsule placement, and a motility study. I coded it like this: 43235 91035-52 91010-26-59 I have a dx code of 530.81 Health net has paid the 910.5 and the 91010, but denied 43235 saying it is bundled into code 91035. Do you...
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    Wiki Documentation

    Ok so at my job the doctors see patients at the hospital but the hospital does not requre the doctors to dictate their follow up visits. I do not feel comfortable coding with no documentation and will not do it. is there any websites that you guys have that can help me present something to the...
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    Wiki Liver Masses Dx

    Anyone know a good Dx code that can be used for Liver Masses? so far between a couple of us in the office we came up with either 211.5 which I dont like and 572.0
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    Wiki DX Code

    On the OP Report the doctor put "slightly enlarged gastic folds" anyone know of a dx code I can assign to this?
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    Wiki untimely filing

    my sister got billed by an office for a claim that got denied for untimely filing. I know this isnt allow but is there a website to use as concrete evidince to get her money back.
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    Wiki 91035

    code 91035 includes placement,recording and intrepretation of the capsule. The doctor tried to place the capsule twice both unsuccessful. Can I append a modifier -53 to this along with -26 or can I just not code it. this procedure was in addtion to a EGD
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    Wiki E/M

    Patient was not present but the wife came in to discuss test results. How would you code this.
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    Wiki Cpap - the dx code

    Im a litty rusty here does anyone know the dx code for a CPAP
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    Wiki pcp hospital admit

    ok here is the senerio there is a pcp dr that admitted a pt on the 4th day of a month and was discharged that same day the hospital has records of the pt being admitted on the 3rd and discharged on the 4th how would you code the senerio
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    Wiki incidental

    does anyone know why codes A4550, A4657, A4215 are denied for being incidental?
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    Wiki a/r

    How do you guys run your a/r reports? I feel I could be doing more, my employer just has me call in insurance to see how much was paid and when, and if not then rebill the claim is this all there is to it?
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    Wiki reconstructive vs cosmetic

    would a breast augmentation and a tummy tuck be considered reconstructive or cosmetic plastic surgery. For the person I am asking for they had gastic bypass done and have lose skin and want to get it fixed but the insurance denied the surgery saying it was cosmetic and not reconstructive.
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    Wiki J7602

    I dont have my 2009 hcpcs book with me but, can anyone tell me what code is now used in replace of J7602. looking for the code for albuterol non compounded 2.5 mg
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    Wiki 99214 - the senerio

    ok im in a debate with someone. here is the senerio. 93000 was billed with a 99214 do you add a -25 to the e/m
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    Wiki 81002

    when coding 81002 and the pt comes in at a later date for the results is there a code just for the reading of the results or is that part of package?
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