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A Guide to Coronavirus-Related Words

COVID-19 is “a mild to severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus,” one that is characterized especially by fever, cough, and shortness of breath and may progress to pneumonia and respiratory failure....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Mar 27, 2020

Systemic versus Pulmonary circulation

The heart is a pump, usually beating about 60 to 100 times per minute. With each heartbeat, the heart sends blood throughout our bodies, carrying oxygen to every cell. After delivering the oxygen, the blood returns to the heart....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Mar 27, 2020

Medical Coding - a lucrative career

Recently got an opportunity to interact with a few life sciences students. That is when I asked a student who seemed keen about getting into the pharma industry: “What if you don’t get your desired job profile”? This question actually was a bolt from the blue as he was baffled...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Mar 27, 2020

Medical Coding Abbreviations

The field of Medicine has numerous abbreviations, eponyms, etc. A skilled medical coder needs to be familiar with the abbreviations and you can refer to this blog for some of the most important ones....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Apr 01, 2020

Medical Coding - Surgical Status Indicators

Surgical Status indicators The global surgical package is a single payment for all care associated with a surgical procedure. Different surgeries have different surgical status indicators to highlight the care needed....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Apr 01, 2020

Anatomy of our Heart - Aorta and its Branches

As medical coders, we need to be familiar with our body's anatomy, to code accurately....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Apr 01, 2020

How to apply ICD-10-CM codes

You can read this blog to understand about ICD-10-CM Coding guidelines and rules....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Apr 02, 2020

CPC Exam - Success on the first attempt!

CPC Exam...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Apr 02, 2020

What is Medical Coding?

If you are curious about Medical Coding and what it entails, continue reading.......

Vijayarani Sivakumar Apr 02, 2020

Medical coding an emerging and trending career option in 2020!

Many students look forward to exciting job offers and will be happy to pursue a new career instead of the conventional career options. Medical Coding is one such new entrant in this array of jobs which is an engaging and rewarding occupation....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Apr 14, 2020

Online Medical Coding Training Benefits

Online vs. Classroom Training...

Vijayarani Sivakumar May 29, 2024

Hyperemesis Gravidarum

What is Extreme vomiting and nausea during pregnancy? You will learn about it here...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Aug 01, 2024

Covid-19 and Plasma Therapy

Convalescent Plasma to be used as investigational Treatment for COVID-19 patients...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Apr 29, 2020

Stay Home, Stay Educated

Life is Learning continuously...

Vijayarani Sivakumar May 04, 2020

Placeholders - ICD-10-CM

Placeholder is something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later. This data is a placeholder, so you'll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them....

Vijayarani Sivakumar May 06, 2020

ICD-10-CM Sequencing Guidelines

ICD-10-CM codes have sequencing rules which need to be followed...

Vijayarani Sivakumar May 20, 2020

Multiple Coding, multiple codes, sequencing...

This blog article explains the rules for multiple codes in ICD....

Vijayarani Sivakumar May 25, 2020

Excludes 1 and Excludes 2

Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 is an important convention in ICD-10-CM coding...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Jun 15, 2020

NEC and NOS

Alphabetic Index Abbreviations - NEC, NOS...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Jun 15, 2020

Cancer - Primary, Secondary....

This blog will help you understand the cancer terminology...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Jul 29, 2020

Heart Sounds

This blog will help you understand the heart sounds better....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Aug 07, 2020

What is Medical Transcription?

If you are curious to know what is medical transcription, you can read this article to know more..... Medical Transcription is the creation of the medical record after the doctor-patient encounter takes place in USA. Once the record is typed, it is then coded. These codes will be sent to the Insurance payers requesting payment. Once the Insurance verifies and posts the payment, the revenue cycle is complete....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Aug 07, 2020

Sepsis Coding

This blog will help you to easily understand ICD-10-CM guidelines for sepsis coding....

Vijayarani Sivakumar Aug 12, 2020

Modifiers - Complete List

This is a complete of all modifiers in CPT and HCPCS...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Oct 22, 2020

Aspirin use during pregnancy

The benefits of taking aspirin - low dose during pregnancy is discussed here...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Nov 18, 2020

Mucormycosis - Symptoms & Treatment

Learn more about mucormycosis, a fungal opportunistic infection...

Vijayarani Sivakumar May 20, 2021

7th Character Requirement in ICD-10-CM

This blog explains clearly about the 7th character requirement in ICD-10-CM coding...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Jul 16, 2021

Kidney Failure

The causes of Acute and Chronic Kidney Failure are discussed in this Blog...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Sep 28, 2021

Heart Attacks - STEMI vs. NSTEMI

Learn more about myocardial infarction and types...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Nov 01, 2021

Cholecystitis

You will learn what is cholecystitis and its causes and treatment in this blog...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Dec 01, 2021

Unspecified or Specified ICD-10-CM codes

When you are allowed to use unspecified codes and when you should not...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Dec 07, 2021

Mohs Micrographic Surgery

This blog helps you understand the nuances of Mohs Surgical technique...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Feb 15, 2022

Vaccine Coding - CPT codes

You will learn all about vaccine coding in this blog...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Feb 28, 2022

Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 in ICD-10-CM

Learn and understand about Excludes 1 and 2 concept in ICD coding...

Vijayarani Sivakumar May 25, 2022

Remission

The Term Remission may mean different things. Check out this blog to understand more...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Jul 19, 2023

What is Hypertension

Learn more about high blood pressure in this article...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Aug 19, 2023

CLIA - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments

You will understand what is CLIA and how it monitors the lab testing in the USA in this article...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Aug 28, 2023

Drug Classification

You will come to know about different drugs and their classes in this blog...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Jan 18, 2024

Burns Coding Guidelines

You can learn more about coding burns in this article...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Jan 19, 2024

AAPC - CPC Exam

Learn more about the CPC exam and how to pass it successfully...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Feb 06, 2024

GCS - Glasgow Coma Scale

You will understand the basics of GCS by reading this blog...

Vijayarani Sivakumar Feb 07, 2024