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February 5, 2023

ICD-10-CM: 2023 Coding and Reporting Guidelines | Webinar

ICD-10-CM: 2023 Coding and Reporting Guidelines October 20, 2022 @ 12:00 pm Eastern with special guest Margaret Skurka, MS, RHIA, CCS, … [Read more...]

Update to ICD-10-CM in 2022 including COVID and SDoH | Webinar

Recorded November 18, 2021 While there are only 159 new diagnosis codes in the ICD-10-CM code set, effective October 1, 2021, there are updates to … [Read more...]

Diagnosis coding for biopsy sent for pathology

Question: What diagnosis code should you use when sending a skin biopsy to pathology? a)  D48.5 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin, or b)  … [Read more...]

Diagnosis coding for screening colonoscopy

Some of you have read my article on coding for screening colonoscopy.  The questions I get about that article are all related to diagnosis … [Read more...]

ICD-10 coding for suspected cancer

Diagnosis coding for possible malignancy How would you feel if your primary care physician and your general surgeon told you—and told your insurance … [Read more...]

Can you screen for an existing condition? | Diagnosis Coding for Lab Services

Sometimes, the hardest thing about coding for preventive services isn’t the visit at all. It’s the labs. Patients come in for an annual physical … [Read more...]

Diagnosis Coding for Tick Bites

Question: Why is it so hard to have correct diagnosis coding for tick bites? And, how is it coded? Answer: The search function in electronic … [Read more...]

Aftercare and Follow-up: ICD-10 Coding

Aftercare visit codes are assigned in situations in which the initial treatment of a disease has been performed but the patient requires continued … [Read more...]

Pecked by a parrot. Oh no, not again!

When we first implemented ICD-10, we all had a lot of fun with the ICD-10-CM external cause codes. But, do we need to use them? The answer to that … [Read more...]

2023 E/M reference sheets

These handy quick reference sheets included at-a-glance MDM requirements for office, hospital, nursing home and home and residence services. And, a bonus sheet with typical time for those code sets. Sign up for Betsy’s monthly newsletter to download these reference sheets and share them with your practitioners.

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2023 E/M guidelines for hospital, nursing facility, home and residence services | Webinar

Effective January 1, 2023, the AMA has revised the definitions and guidelines for hospital and other E/M services, including ED visits, nursing facility services, home services, and domiciliary care codes. Also, coding for prolonged care services gets another overhaul with revised codes and guidelines. Watch this webinar about all these changes.

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Coding Guide – Critical Care Services

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CMS Teaching Physician Rules Update | Webinar

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Our mission is to provide up-to-date, simplified, citation driven resources that empower our members to gain confidence and authority in their coding role.

In 1988, CodingIntel.com founder Betsy Nicoletti started a Medical Services Organization for a rural hospital, supporting physician practice. She has been a self-employed consultant since 1998. She estimates that in the last 20 years her audience members number over 28,400 at in person events and webinars. She has had 2,500 meetings with clinical providers and reviewed over 43,000 medical notes. She knows what questions need answers and developed this resource to answer those questions. For more about Betsy visit www.betsynicoletti.com.

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