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Audits, education, and collaboration are key to reducing query rates

Collaboration between the CDI team and the coders was key to ensuring accuracy and success with audits in 2014 as well as this year. "As we were learning ICD-10-PCS, we developed regular standing meetings and committees to join forces to be better prepared for ICD-10-PCS implementation," says Cheree A. Lueck, BSN, RN, who adds that the two groups have continued to work as a team via regular meetings, training courses, and procedure coding exercises by way of conference calls every other month.

This article was originally published in Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies. Subscribers can access the full article in the January 2016 issue.

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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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E/M query

I just recently took a coding exam for a prospective employer and one of the questions were as follows:

The level of E/M is based on:

A) Documentation
B) Key components
C) Contributing factors
D) All of the above

I chose the wrong answer of A. Any thoughts? I read up on E/M principles and the key driver was always described as documentation because "if it wasn’t documented, it didn’t happen."

Peace
@_*

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Provider Query Tracking

I am wondering if most clinics and/or facilities track their provider queries some way? We are a hybrid clinic, and most of our providers are strictly paper-based. Since taking my post here, I’ve had to send large volumes of queries. Unfortunately, there was no method in place for this besides sending the chart back with a sticky.

I was thinking of making a query form, which would be kept to be scanned into the EHR.

Thoughts anyone? I’m new and this is my first clinic, so I’m not sure if anyone even does this.

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Query and other stuff

I am new to coding and not sure what I can code without a query such as status codes, e.g. amputations, parkinson’s, transplants.

Can an MA or myself add conditions to assessments if they are followed by a specialist?

If I see that a provider has chose the wrong code in error for like the wrong side- Right vs left can I change that without a query?

Any tips are greatly appreciated:)

Amy

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94002 coding query

A member with status epilepticus was intubated (ETT) and put on mechanical ventilation.
He was then transferred to another facility after 5 days for further care while being intubated and on mechanical ventialation. Member was stable.
Can the accepting facility code 94002 even if member was on ventilation while being transferred from initial facilty or they would be only eligible to code 94003
Kindly advise.

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Anesthesiology Query letter for a CANPC book study guide

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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query for time spent with patient?

I have this encounter for a procedure as outpatient, the procedure was canceled because the patient’s INR was too high and the patient was sent to ER, our doctor called ER and described the patient’s problem and what they were doing to remedy it.
I was told that I have to query for time spent with the patient since there is no ROS, examination, don’t even a diagnosis on record (just high INR)
Is that considered a leading query?
Please advise

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