Inpatient Pt meds: Doc spells Viatrivoate 1000 ml p.o. x1.

Does anyone work as an inpatient coder only. I mean the only thing you code are the inpatient stays, not a mix of other stuff too. Are there jobs like that? ...

Deal with the RACs? Is your accuracy rate based on how many they say are in error? How about the stress related to that? ...

I am going to start a medical coding course at a community college but they are teaching outpatient insurance coding. What do I need to do to be able to do inpatient coding in a hospital? Is there a different test for certification for doing inpatient coding? ...

I saw on AHIMA's site that they say you are to work for a while before taking the CCS but here I keep reading people that took it BEFORE even having a job. How did you learn it well enough to pass the test w/o job experience? ...

My local hospital starts at 26 an hour for inpatient coding. I am wondering how much outpatient coding pays.... not that anyone would know this, but is it generally a lot lower than the inpatient coding? Just curious because I need to gain experience before I can land a hospital inpatient coding position and just curious as to how much outpatient coders make. ...

Handling 1000 pages a day in any capacity, even if just sitting and flipping them over one at a time, warrants better pay than a measly $50.00. They must think we are desperate. This is about a job posted on the Other Site. I am stunned that we are going backwards in pay incrementally. Of course, they will get someone to do it. ...

Can anyone help me with the code used for inpatient consult and a modifier for Medicare? Having reimbursement problems with this one. Thanks ...

Dr. says it pretty clearly - no idea what it is for. ...

I have a report here on an excision of a mass on the cheek. This dictator talks very fast, but in the anesthesia section, it sounds like he is saying Xylocaine with 1:1000 epinephrine. I have never heard anything below 1:100,000 before, but it sure sounds like 1000. Is it used like that, or is he just talking too fast? Thank you! ...

Has anyone ever had trouble collecting the $1000 sign on bonus? ...

She is not saying the term, just spelling it..and it is so wrong do I leave it as spelled, or fix it? ...

1. Pernicious anemia. 2. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. 3. Open angle glaucoma. 4. Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. 5. Esophageal stricture. 6. Peripheral neuropathy. 7. Hyperlipidemia. 8. Hypertension. 9. ...

I know this can vary of course. I have built up my shorthand to over 12,000 entries. I really think I have my speed up considerably but have been paid by the hour working on straigt typing with tapes for some time now. We are going to VR and may need to pick up a second job to take up the slack in work. Can someone give me some idea of what to expect in time to take on another PT or FT position (depending on the amount of downtime I will have soon)? ...

? I don't get it. Guess I am not supposed to. Wish the work was kept inhouse then they'd at least lie to your face, but we'd have way better benefits. ...

Thanks so much!!!! ...

Hi... doctor dictates patient is allergic to s/l ic or hick ter rel. Also, another med s/l zena pril. Any ideas? Merry Christmas! ...

Two meds in medication list - s/l Feerquag 250 mg twice a day s/l Abantil 20 mg at bedtime ...

Doc dictates 2 meds for pt - s/l "care-dih-pull all" and "pro-mid-per-all". Pt has BPH and Parkinson's. I thought carbidopa, but this doc is pretty clear usually and it definitely does not sound close. They both end in the "all" sound. Ideas? ...

The patient is currently taking hydrochlorothiazide and PHY 6B she said it is a solid pill and is a supplement.. ...

One med is running together - s/l either acon, toprolol (? she means Toprol), or acontoprolol. Either way, I'm not able to come anywhere near to finding the one that s/l acon or akon. The other s/l pro keratine XL. I can find something on the web called Pro Keratin XL, but not sure about it. Thanks! ...

The patient was on Remacaid but has swtiched to another medicine s/l Arinesic? Thanks ...

Drug list: "Calaisan". Metformin. Accupril 40 b.i.d. Verelan. K-Dur. Med history: B-cell lymphoma. Hypertension. Arthritis. Diabetes. ...

Hi, I'm transcribing a doctor's note that's describing the patient's allergies and how the patient has tried various OTC drugs, including 'pseudometafecin' but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to spell that correctly; I've tried all of the different variations that I can think of (sudometofecin, pseudometaphecin, etc.) and tried looking up 'allergy medications' and coming up with squat. I have a feeling I'm very close to how it may ...

Inpatient Pt meds: Doc spells Viatrivoate 1000 ml p.o. x1. - traci

never go by the MD med spelling. sm - wilpri

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