April 2, 2025
Briefings on APCs

You may have noticed that people are feeling stressed out throughout the United States. Each individual deals with stress in their own way. Most often, ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes reported for these patients may be a bit vague, especially when you are coding for a primary care physician.

April 9, 2025
Briefings on APCs

Selecting a level of medical decision-making (MDM) is confusing and complicated. In this article, Terry Tropin, MSHAI, RHIA, CCS-P, defines key MDM terms and describes a simplified system for selecting a level of MDM. 

April 16, 2025
Briefings on APCs

Building a team of fully cross-trained coders who are competently able to code all record types is one of a coding manager’s goals. Achieving this goal requires that managers inventory the skills of each coder, identify focused education, and plan for cross-training opportunities.

April 23, 2025
Briefings on APCs

Our experts answer questions about assigning modifiers, mental health documentation and assigning evaluation and management service levels based on time.