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A Guide to Strategic Planning in Healthcare

Learn why strategic planning is essential for coding managers and compliance directors and how to create a plan for your organization. Strategic planning is an important part of any business and is becoming ever more critical in our evolving healthcare environment. Strategic planning involves setting goals, determining actions to achieve those goals, and mobilizing resources […]

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‘Tis the Season: ICD-10 Holiday Coding Guide

The holiday season is upon us — a time to deck the halls, indulge in tasty treats, and gather with loved ones. With all the hustle and bustle of this time of year, it’s no surprise that all the season’s festive activities bring with them the risk of accidents, injuries, and illnesses. As everyone celebrates […]

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Your Guide to Specialty Society Webpages

Refine your craft by consulting these insightful medical coding resources. As a coder striving to be the best version of yourself, you’re probably constantly scouring the internet for any and all available resources that can help you polish your skills. Outside of the usual suspects, such as your code books and code lookup tools, these […]

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MDPP Suppliers’ Guide to Success

Diabetes affects more than 30 million people in the United States. In fact, 25 percent of Americans age 65 and older suffer from diabetes, and its prevalence continues to grow as 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with this deadly disease every year, according to the American Diabetes Association. Your organization can be a part of […]

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Query letters for my 2018 CANPC coding study guide and upcoming 2019 coding book

Vino C. Mody Jr., M.D., Lic., Ph.D.
6154 Black Mallard Place
El Paso, TX 79932
678-427-6511 cell; 915-642-4269 home
[email protected]

February 2, 2018
Dear Agent:

Please allow me to introduce my recently completed non-fiction book—CANPC Essentials for Accurate and Efficient Medical Coding for Anesthesia and Pain Management—a self-help book aimed at readers who are pursuing a career in anesthesia and pain management coding. The primary target audience is those who are about to take the Certified Anesthesia and Pain Management Coder (CANPCTM) examination, but the book is expected to be a useful and relevant reference book for coders already working in this field.
CANPC Essentials for Accurate and Efficient Medical Coding for Anesthesia and Pain Management weighs in at approximately 23,000 words and is fully complete. My previous publications include 100 conference abstracts and 25 original scientific papers published during my eight-year tenure as a clinical researcher at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. I also served as editor of three different clinical research journals while at Karolinska.

I have worked in the healthcare field for 15 years at different hospitals in the U.S. and Sweden. I have valid medical coding specialist certificates from the University of Georgia and U.S. Career Institute and several important coding and billing certifications (COC, CPC, CCS-P, CANPC, CCVTC, 4Med CICP, CMAA, and CBCS). I taught coding and worked as a coder for three years in health care institutes and with coding consultants in El Paso, Texas, and I worked in the medical administration department at Mesa Hills Hospital in El Paso, Texas, where I resolved billing issues by performing coding (including surgery coding), medical auditing, medical transcription, and quality data analysis. I have a medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and received training from Yale-New Haven Hospital (Waterbury, CT) and Brown University/Lifespan. I have a Licentiate degree and Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and eight years of experience in ophthalmology research and teaching in ophthalmology, surgery, medicine, and pediatrics. I have drawn heavily on both my coding and teaching experience in developing CANPC Essentials for Accurate and Efficient Medical Coding for Anesthesia and Pain Management as a training and teaching tool for future anesthesia coders.

I have researched the work and interests of your agency, and I believe that my book fits well with the type of published works that you promote. I have therefore included an outline, a synopsis, and a copy of the completed manuscript for your perusal.

I thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,

Vino C. Mody Jr.
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Vino C. Mody Jr.
6154 Black Mallard Place
El Paso, TX 79932
678-427-6511
[email protected]

Ernst E. Roberts, President
El Paso Community College
9050 Viscount Boulevard
El Paso, TX 79925

May 1, 2019

Dear Agent:

Please allow me to introduce my recently completed non-fiction book—A Medical Study Guide and Training Tool—a training guide aimed at readers who are pursuing a career in medical coding. The primary target audience is those who are about to take the Certified Anesthesia and Pain Management Coder (CANPCTM) examination, but the book is expected to be a useful and relevant reference book for coders already working in this field.
A Medical Study Guide and Training Tool is approximately 45,000 words in length and is fully complete. It is intended as a 2019 update of my previous book CANPC Essentials for Accurate Efficient Medical Coding for Anesthesia and Pain Management and includes important strategies for Medicare coding. My previous publications include 25 original scientific papers and 100 conference abstracts. I also served as editor of three different clinical research journals while working at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, where I obtained my Licentiate degree and PhD conducting research in ophthalmology, surgery, medicine, and pediatrics.

I have worked in the healthcare field for 15 years at different hospitals in the U.S. and Sweden. I have valid medical coding specialist certificates from the University of Georgia and U.S. Career Institute and several important coding and billing certifications (COC, CPC, CCS-P, CANPC, CCVTC, CEDC, 4Med CICP, RMC, CMAA, CBCS, CNPR, CRMC). I taught coding and have three years of experience as a coder and consultant in several health care institutes. I am a CANPC/CCVTC coding lecturer for American Academy of Professional Coders currently. My previous employment was in the medical administration department at Mesa Hills Hospital in El Paso, Texas, where I resolve billing issues involving coding, medical auditing, medical transcription, and quality data analysis. I have capitalized on both my coding and teaching experience in developing A Medical Study Guide and Training Tool as a training and teaching tool for future medical coders.

I have researched the work and interests of your agency, and I believe that my book fits well with the type of published works that you promote. I have therefore included an outline, a synopsis, and a copy of the completed manuscript for your perusal.

I thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Vino C. Mody Jr.

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Your Quick Guide to the Global Surgical Package

Make quick and easy work of determining which procedures and services are bundled and when. Most coders, billers, and clinicians are familiar with the concept of the surgical package or global period; but they may be unclear about when the global period begins and ends, and which procedures and services may be reported (and paid […]

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EXAM: GI system. Cases from CEMC Study Guide.

Hello, I am studying for CEMC exam (E/M) via Study Guide. When reading the rationals to the cases, I got puzzled on how they view GI system for Exam. I am begging for your help, please, because it made me exhausted. My question is why they don’t count these statements as a valid GI exam? What is wrong with Abdomen? They are using DG 1995 and 1997 and they sorted out a performed Exam (for rational) by Organ systems and Body areas. The below Exam was considered as a Body Area and not as GI system.
Case 1
Abdomen: soft, nontender, no mases.
Case 2.
Lungs: Clear – was counted as Resp. system. Heart: Normal – was Cardio system but Abdomen: Negative was not counted as GI system and again dedicated to Body Area.
Case 3.
Abdomen: soft, nontender. No organomegaly, mass, or ascites was counted as GI system.
Case 5.
Abdomen: No abdominal masses. No tenderness. Abdominal aorta not palapable – was dedicated to Body Area.
Thank you.
Perplexed new coder.

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Centering Billing/Reimbursement Guide

Hello,

Our practice is looking into the possibility of starting Centering. The providers would oversee the program with our Mid-Wives actually providing the service. We were wondering how we would bill this (as we are looking to use a room in a local hospital, so not our own facility), what CPT and ICD10 codes we would use, what place of service code this would be, and if there’s a reimbursement guide on these services for Virginia.

I see this site (https://www.centeringconnects.org/th…bill-centering) that has this question, however this post was last edited in 2016 and I know how quickly these things can change.

Any help on this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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