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Online medical coding courses at AAPC teach the essentials of medical coding, train students for certification, and help newly certified coding specialists establish their careers in a financially rewarding field.
CPT® Codes Lookup. Current Procedural Terminology, more commonly known as CPT®, refers to a medical code set created and maintained by the American Medical Association — and used by physicians, allied health professionals, nonphysician practitioners, hospitals, outpatient facilities, and laboratories to represent the services and procedures they perform.
If you will take a look at the note that precedes the laparoscopic section of CPT you will notice that it says, When the laparoscopy requires mini-laparotomy (Hasson technique) or when secondary procedures involve significant additional time and effort, they may be reported by using the modifier -22 (unusual procedural services) or code 09922.
Similarly, word parts — like mini bricks — make up most medical terms. Once you start to learn the word parts, you no longer see an unknowable 21-letter word. When, for example, you look at osteochondrodysplasia , you see:
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The CPC credential is the gold-standard credential for medical coders. AAPC's CPC Certification Preparation Course is an entry-level course that prepares you to take your CPC exam.
Designed for the experienced coder or auditor, this course covers the benefits of clinical documentation improvement (CDI) programs, documentation requirements, quality measures, payment methodologies, and clinical conditions including common signs and symptoms, typical treatment, documentation tips and coding concepts.
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 58661 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Laparoscopic Procedures on the Oviduct/Ovary.
If done with an open rotator cuff repair (23410/23412), many payers do not allow separate reimbursement for acromioplasty, regardless of approach with an open or mini-open rotator cuff repair. Check payer policy (and get something in writing) before billing acromioplasty as a debridement code. Codes 29827 and 29828