Coding Medical Records
Certified Professional Coder
Coding and billing go hand in hand. The job of a coding specialist is extracting diagnosis (ICD-9/10) codes while providing the procedural code (CPT) to its highest degree of specificity. It is time driven, lots of reading, and a grasp knowledge of terminology with an understanding of anatomy and physiology.
CPT Coding - Modifiers
SMART CODING NOTES
- Do not code using only the name of the procedure as it is given in the heading of the operative report. Read the report thoroughly to see whether additional procedures were performed and whether they were part of the main procedure, performed independently, or were unrelated.