I'm planning to take either the CCS or the CPC when I finish my coding program (probably in 5-6 months). I've been thinking about getting one of the exam review guides (of which there seem to be lots of different ones) but they are pretty expensive, especially the current year. I've seen some on Ebay and Amazon that are for previous years and they are usually a little less expensive. I know some codes do change from year to year but I really wonder if the exam gu ...
I made a comment regarding the need to recognize the differences between both the processes and the reasonable expected outcomes with respect to the preparation of:
1. Working trade documents - such as the medical record.
2. Materials for publication, whether in journals or books.
The comment is here: http://forum.mtstars.com/378004.html
I'd like to expand on what I said by first making two observations that I believe are highly relevant to this issue:
First, the huma ...
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone knows where to find a list of all the Figures and Tables in the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Edition?
I work for an ortho who specialises in medicolegal and insurance examinations and we often need AMA 5 references in our impairment reports but because he travels and is generally disorganised, he often can't find his AMA5 book. Short of going to a library and photocopying a million pages mysel ...
It sounds like the dictator is saying "Hidalgo catheter was passed for right heart catheterization" is this a name of catheter out there?
Thanks in advance for any help given. ...
I feel like an idiot that I can't figure this out. I asked my supervisor and QC. I event sent the report with the blank to QA and never got the corrected report back. Does anybody know? Thanks so much! ...
It seems like every time I transcribe a cardiac cath report, there's yet another new sheath, catheter, introducer, etc., that I've never heard of. Does anyone have a go-to website listing these? ...