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Years of Experience before becoming an Auditor
I am curious, how many years of coding experience did you have before becoming an Auditor and passing the CPMA exam? I am currently a Coder and want to take the exam, however, I was wondering if it is possible to shadow someone already in the profession to see what a typical day looks like. I hear there is absolutely no coding involved. I don’t know if that is possible or not to shadow someone, but will look into it.
Need diagnosis code for labs BEFORE first psych evaluation/first visit
Thank you!
On average how long did you prep before sitting for the CPMA exam?
Pulmonary Function Test interpetation done before a New patient viist
I am hoping someone can shed some light on this one.
Our doctors interprets pulmonary function tests for the hospital. Last year, the hospital sent one of our doctor’s a pulmonary function test on a patient to be interpreted, the patient was not one our patient. There was no face to face, just an interpretation. The interpretation was billed with the 26 modifier and paid. This year the patient came in to see one of our doctors for the first time. We billed a new patient visit, however the insurance company, a Medicare replacement plan, continues to deny the claim stating a "new patient code" is inappropriate.
I have sent two appeals already and they continue to advise to resubmit a corrected claim because the "new patient code" is inappropriate. Am I missing something here?
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Fit NCCI Edits into Hospital Chargemaster Before Claims Submission
Scrubbing is the best way to ensure your claims are clean of unbundling overpayments. A hospital finance department should not treat National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits as irrelevant to inpatient billing simply because payers don’t use the NCCI to edit inpatient claims before payment. Instead, hospitals should institute internal controls to ensure claims are […]
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