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September 2007
Tell Us What Will Help You Ace Your BMSC Exam Coders: Are you approaching taking a 4 hour BMSC exam with much trepidation? Coding Supervisors:
Are you looking for more specific resources that will help train your
team to sit for one of BMSC's coding certification exams? We want to
hear from you. Tell us what you believe will help you better prepare to
take a BMSC exam. Your feedback will help BMSC create the products you
need to do your job better and work towards earning a premier coding credential. Take our quick survey now:
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226X3PFMCNY Tip : Manually add codes 90650, 90681 and 90696 to your office’s code books, electronic systems, templates and cheat sheets next year. Here are all the codes pre-released at www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10902.html:
Be careful: All of these codes currently carry the FDA-approval pending symbol, which means the products are pending anticipated approval by the Food and Drug Administration. You must check the AMA website listed above to find out when the approval-pending symbol is removed. Although the codes become effective Jan. 1, you may begin to use them only after FDA approval is granted. E/M Tip of the Month When your providers see patients only to provide an immunization, code only the vaccine product (for instance, 90655-90659 for flu vaccines) and vaccine administration (for instance, G0008 or 90471). Code 99211 in addition to an immunization only if the nurse:
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99211 is valid only when established patients present for a medically
necessary face-to-face service. The documentation doesn’t require any
of the key components required of the other physician E/M services
because 99211 is the only E/M code usually given by a nurse. But it
should reflect that the nurse “evaluates, manages, and documents the
significant and separate complaint(s) or problem(s),” according to CPT Assistant (April 2005). Study Guides Now Available In Your Specialty BMSC now has study guides available to help you prepare for certification in your specialty. These study guides are different than you expect, as they are full of exam tips and notes from the editors, providing you with helpful hints as to how to get ready to sit for your examination and become certified. Each guide is smaller than you expect: they are 6x9 and able to slip right in your purse or briefcase. And most importantly, each guide is no more than 100 pages. Now you can take your time and concentrate on the major points that you need to know for your exam. Visit www.medicalspecialtycoding.com to order study guides in:
The Three Most Important Things in Coding are... The 3 Most Important Things in Coding: Location, Specialty and Payor – Now All in One Place! Get your CPT codes, ICD-9 and ASA Crosswalks, and CCI edits all in one resource! The Physician Specialty Coding Book is customized for your specialty and your GPCI (Geographic Practice Cost Index). The Physician Specialty Coding Book provides you with the actual Medicare payment you will receive for both facilities and non-facilities – not just the RVU’s that you have to convert manually for each procedure - because it is made especially for you! Visit www.decisionhealth.com/PhysicianSpecialtyCodingBook/ Upcoming Events Event: Improve Billing, Coding and Profitability for Freestanding ASC's Event: Medical Practice Management Summit 2007
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