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CODING 101: Breathe Easier When Selecting Pulmonary Diagnoses

Obstructive chronic bronchitis covers more conditions than you might expect.

Correctly reporting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obstructive bronchitis, and emphysema depends on your understanding the details in the patient’s medical record.

Making sure the documentation supports the patient’s diagnosis and that…



CODING HOW-TO: Part 1: Get The Bottom Line On Your Toughest Diagnoses Coding Questions

Are you sure you’re up to date on the instructions for completing M1024?

As a home health coder, work often centers on asking questions and finding answers. But the hunt for definitive answers to some coding-related questions can be frustrating. Our…



Links
The American Academy of Professional Coders
The AAPC provides resources for medical coding certificates and continuing education.
Official Coding Guidelines for ICD-9
This web page from the CDC includes the official coding guidelines for ICD-9 (diagnosis codes).
Tools
ICD-9 Code Lookup
When in doubt, find out — here. To know which code range is the one you need to use, take a look at the chapter headin...
Easy V Code Reference
Quickly Find The Right V Code Hunting for V codes in the alphabetic index of your ICD-9 manual can be frustrating. Th...