This document summarizes a webinar on coding certification questions and answers that included: - Information on participating in an optional Twitter chat using the #ccochat hashtag - Congratulating recent exam passers - Promoting various coding courses and products offered including ICD-10 preparation courses - Polls on webinar attendance and credentials/credentials pursued - Answering coding questions on topics like breech births, behavioral health, podiatry, neurovascular, and emergency department coding - Announcing a free drawing for products like video packages, webinars, or a session with the presenter

1. Coding Certification Q & A
Webinar- April 2014

2. Twitter Chat (optional but fun!)
• Twitter Chat Service is up
• http://tweetchat.com/room/ccochat
• log in to your twitter account first then login
to tweetchat
• It automatically puts our hash tag #ccochat
on all messages

3. Stay to the End
For...
• Giveaways
• AAPC CEU Index Code for 1 CEU

4. Poll
Poll - How many CCO
webinars have you
attended?

5. Jill Zimmerman (passed CPC 3/27/14)
Rosetta Del (passed CPC 3/29/14)
Susan Honig (passed CPC 3/22/14)
Mala Sharma (passed CPC-H 4/2/14)
Karen Buss (passed CPC 4/11/14)
Anyone else out there who
passed recently?
Congratulations to...

6. Medical Terminology & Anatomy Course (MTA)
Physician Based Coding Course (PBC) (CPC course)
Facility Based Medical Coding (FBC) (CPC-H course)
Review Blitz Video Package (included in PBC)
Mini-Mock Practice Exams
CEU Classes (On Demand)
ICD-10-CM MiniCourse or ICD-10 FULL Course
Medical Billing Course (PBB)
http://CodingCertification.Org/Products
Quick Outline of Product Lineup

7. Medical Terminology & Anatomy Course (MTA) 40 CEUs!
Review Blitz Video Package (CPC Blitz) 17 CEUs!
CEU Classes (On Demand) ranging from 1 - 4 CEUs each
ICD-10-CM Mini Course 8 CEUs!
ICD-10-CM Full Course 37.5 CEUs!
Facility Based Coding Course (FBC) 30.5 CEUs!
http://CodingCertification.Org/Products
Other CEUs from CCO!

8. ● ICD-10-CM Mini Course
○ 40 hour course equivalent
○ using Carol Buck’s “Step-by-Step Medical Coding”
● ICD-10-CM Full Course **Payment Plan Now Available**
○ 80 hour course equivalent
○ using “Understanding ICD-10-CM” text by Bowie
● ICD-10-CM Practice Exams
ICD-10 Prep CCO Style

9. Poll
Interested in any of our
new courses coming
out?

10. Breech Birth
Can the ICD-9-CM 652.21breech birth be used as one of
the diagnosis codes when a newborn in seen in the office
for the first and second visits? The claim came back invalid
code. It was a 2nd or 3rd diagnosis.
ANSWER

11. Please could we do a review of behavioral health, I
noticed the E/M and Psychotherapy coding algorithm
that appeared in the 2014 CPT manual. Laureen asked
me to mention it so that it could be gone over in the next
Q&A session.
ANSWER
Review of Behavioral Health

12. Poll
Poll - What coding
credential do you
HAVE?

13. Podiatry
The best session at the HEALTHCON 2014 conference
was on Foot and Ankle Coding in ICD-10-CM.
by David J. Freedman, DPM, FASPS, CPC, CSFAC,
CPMA
www.icdtenhelp.com
ANSWER

14. G0289 & 29877 REMOVAL OF LOOSE BODIES &
ARTHROSCOPY
ANSWER
G0289 & 29877

15. Poll
Poll - What coding
credential do you
WANT?

16. Interventional Neurovascular
Lecture was given by Dr. David Zielske, MD, CIRCC,
CPC-H, CCC, CCS, RCC
www.zhealthpublishing.com
ANSWER

17. I need some assistance in clearly defining to a group of
providers what "Critical Care" consists of. The CPT
book, Medicare website and all other resources have
pretty much the same information and cite the same
examples.
ANSWER
Critical Care

18. Poll
Poll - What
region of the
country are you
from?

19. E/M in the ED
Emergency Department E/M was an excellent session by
James Strafford, CEDC, MCS-P
I have a fondness for all things in the Emergency Room.
It is an great place to learn a wide variety of diagnosis
coding. Mr. Strafford talked about some nuances of E/M
coding.
ANSWER

20. Vascular Coding
Not Cardio “Vascular Coding”
By Caren Swartz, CPC, CPC-H, CPB, CPMA, CPC-I
Did you know there was a difference? An intense overview
of many types of vascular fields. It was awesome!
ANSWER

21. CCO eBooks!

22. Like us on
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23. Follow us on Twitter
Subscribe and leave a comment on YouTube
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24. Blitz Video
Package
or
2 CEU
Webinars
or
1 Hour
Session with
Laureen
Free Drawing! Your Choice of:
http://random.org

25. Questions in the Chat?
HELP!

26. Questions In The Chat
ANSWERS

27. Thanks For Being With Us!