Cardiac Medical Coding Part 1: Basics and Terminology

Cardiac Medical Coding Part 1: Basics and Terminology http://www.cco.us/ceu-cardiovascular-systems-class-yt

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Alicia: Now, this is a very fun section. I have to tell you I really like cardiac and I really like anatomy. I like terminology and I like the physiology of the disease process and stuff. That’s why I like ICD-9 and ICD-10. It’s what I do.

There have been several requests coming in for some help with cardiac coding and I think that it’s not as hard as some people think it is, once you get in and start doing it. Yes, there are maybe some complex guidelines but they’re not that hard. I don’t even want to say they’re complex, they’re not; it’s just that they are detailed so you have to know the terminology. Andif you know the terminology and you understand the anatomy, it’s not bad at all. There’s people who are cardiac coders that thinks it’s not hard because it’s what they do every day; however, somebody just stepping in, they struggle.

What I decided to do is give you some basics of cardiac knowledge that you need to start with. If you get this stuff down, then it’s going to make cardiology coding a lot easier. Again, this is basic and then you can get into advanced; but it is a lot of information so I had to divide it up into two slides.

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