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INPATIENT MEDICAL CODING - ICD 10 PCS BASICS - PCS Code

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 Inpatient Medical Coding: Codes that are used for representing procedure codes in the Inpatient admission of the patient. Inpatient Medical coding comes under the type of facility coding. In this type of medical coding, we use  ICD-10 PCS Codes for representing procedure codes rather than CPT codes. Its Mainly used for Inpatient services to replace the CPT Code. PCS - Procedural Coding System. ICD-10 PCS Codes:  The ICD-10-PCS Tables contains in table format. The tables are arranged in alphanumeric order and organized into separate tables according to the first three characters of the seven-character code. PCS Code Structures are represented with each character.   The Seven Characters are listed below :  1. SECTION : The first character in PCS Codes which includes Medical and Surgical, Obstetrics, Administration, Measurement&Monitoring, Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies, Assitance and Performance, Placement, Imaging, NuclearMedicines, Radiation T...
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COVID19 MEDICAL CODING UPDATES

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COVID19: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.  Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.  Older people and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. Medical coding in COVID19 cases: ICD Codes: Some of the New Codes added for the covid19 cases they are listed below U07.1 - COVID 19 Z20.828 - Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases Z11.59 - Encounter for screening for other viral diseases Z86.19 - Personal history of other infectious and parasitic diseases Z01.84 - Encounter for antibody response examination These are the codes where we can use for COVID19 Cases. Guidelines to code COVID19 : 1. COVID-19 Infections ( Infection due to SARS-CoV-2)   A. Code...
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Emerging Medical Coding - Guide

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  High-energy Professionals with experience in Managing Health care Reports with  Challenging Assignments such as Coding and assigning the Correct ICD,  CPT and PCS   Codes for the Medical Reports with an organization of high repute, Preferable in the Healthcare industry.  The Extra ordinary Carrier Growth For Life Science Graduates. What is Medical Coding? Medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. The diagnoses and procedure codes are taken from medical record documentation, such as transcription of physician's notes,laboratory and radiologic results, etc. Medical coding professionals help ensure the codes are applied correctly during the medical billing process, which includes abstracting the information from documentation, assigning the appropriate codes, and creating a claim to be paid by insurance carriers. Types ...
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