Angina - Consult Medical Specialty: Emergency Room Reports HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient is a 68-year-old woman whom I have been following, who has had angina. In any case, today, she called me because she had a recurrent left arm pain after her stent,...
Urology Medical Coding: Complete Guide with New Codes, Guidelines, and Tips What Makes Urology Coding Unique Urology coding must capture a wide range of services — from office visits and diagnostic testing to endoscopic procedures and complex prostate or...
How to Make an Inexpensive Medical Coding Book Carousel with a Swivel Base for Open Manuals Medical coding requires constant cross-referencing between large, heavy books like the CPT and ICD-10-CM manuals. Laying them flat across your desk wastes space, strains your...
It Didn’t Start With ChatGPT — and It Won’t Replace Coders Artificial Intelligence (AI) has suddenly become a hot topic in healthcare and medical coding, largely due to highly visible tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini. This has led to understandable concern...
Medical Specialty: Orthopedic Description: Anterior cervical discectomy and removal of herniated disk and osteophytes, and decompression of the spinal cord and bilateral nerve root decompression. Harvesting of autologous bone from the vertebral bodies. Grafting of...
2026 Quality Payment Program (QPP) and MIPS Updates: What Medical Coders Need to Know The Quality Payment Program (QPP) under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) continues to evolve for the 2026 performance year. CMS released the Calendar Year...
Medical Coding & Billing Guidelines for GLP-1 Medications What Coders Need to Know About Coverage, Documentation, and Compliance Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have become some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the U.S., driven by...
The Medical Coding Hiring Process: Why It Takes So Long (and Why It Feels So Frustrating) If you’ve ever applied for a medical coding job and wondered what is actually happening behind the scenes, you’re not alone. Many coders—especially new CPCs—are left confused,...
Bilateral Upper Lid Blepharoplasty Medical Specialty: Ophthalmology Description: Bilateral upper lid blepharoplasty to correct bilateral upper eyelid dermatochalasis. (Medical Transcription Sample Report PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Bilateral upper eyelid...
Medical Coding Skin Substitutes in 2026 Guide Guidelines, Tips, and Payment Policy Changes** What Are Skin Substitutes? Skin substitutes — also called cellular and tissue-based products (CTPs) or wound care grafts — are biologic or synthetic products used to treat...