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HCC diagnosis coding: what medical practices need to know about risk adjusted diagnosis coding

Webinar - Recorded December 14, 2017 Risk coding is all the rage!  Are you up-to-date? In fee-for-service medicine, physician services are paid … [Read more...]

Last revised: June 25, 2019
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: diagnosis coding, HCC, physician coding, risk adjusted coding

I Want to See that in Writing | Medical Coding Source Citations

Lunch and Learn  Coders are often asked to prove a coding rule to physicians and managers. Coding rules change, reimbursement rules change and … [Read more...]

Last revised: April 4, 2019
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: CPT® rules, physician coding

How to get paid for services in medical practices: three quick videos for new clinicians and staff

An Overview of CPT® Codes, HCPCS, Diagnosis Codes & ICD-10-CM This three-part series from CodingIntel is a must see for new staff and … [Read more...]

Last revised: July 27, 2017
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: CPT®, diagnosis coding, ICD-10, modifiers, physician coding

How Physician Services are Paid

Have a new staff member or physician who needs a primer on "how physician services are paid?" This short video is a must see! Learn how all the pieces … [Read more...]

Last revised: February 2, 2017
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: CPT®, CPT®codes, diagnosis coding, HCPCS, HCPCS codes, Medicare, Medicare rules, modifiers, physician coding

Medical Billing: Avoiding the Three Deadly Sins of Compliance

What is the real risk of compliance audit from commercial payers or from Medicare? This short video addresses three specific areas of risk and offers … [Read more...]

Last revised: November 11, 2016
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: Compliance, Medicare rules, physician coding, risk

Pecked by a parrot. Oh no, not again!

We’ve all had a lot of fun with the ICD-10-CM external cause codes. But, do we need to use them? The answer to that is no according to the official … [Read more...]

Last revised: October 18, 2018
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: diagnosis coding, external cause codes, ICD-10, physician coding

Skype ≠ Telemedicine

I got a call from a vendor trying to develop a video conferencing product for a physician to use to talk to a patient who is at home. He said “I’m … [Read more...]

Last revised: October 18, 2018
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: CMS, Compliance, physician coding

Risky business, or tempest in a teapot: Are you an audit target?

Some days, it appears we compliance and coding folks are like the boy who cried wolf.  We see shadows around every corner.  We emulate Captain Kirk, … [Read more...]

Last revised: October 12, 2018
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: audit, CMS, Compliance, CPT®, OIG, physician coding, risk, RVUs

Cloning: I Read the News Today, Oh Boy.

Certain medical stories are irresistible to the popular press: ICD-10 external cause codes that are ridiculous (W61.43XD, pecked by a turkey, … [Read more...]

Last revised: January 29, 2018
by Betsy Nicoletti
Tagged With: Cloning, CMS, copy and paste, EHR, EMR, OIG, Physician Billing, physician coding

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Our mission is to provide accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date coding information, allowing medical practices to increase revenue, decrease coding denials and reduce compliance risk. That's what coding knowledge can do.

In 1988, CodingIntel.com founder Betsy Nicoletti started a Medical Services Organization for a rural hospital, supporting physician practice. She has been a self-employed consultant since 1998. She estimates that in the last 20 years her audience members number over 28,400 at in person events and webinars. She has had 2,500 meetings with clinical providers and reviewed over 43,000 medical notes. She knows what questions need answers and developed this resource to answer those questions. For more about Betsy visit www.betsynicoletti.com.

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