Orthopedic Coding Alert

Case Study Corner:

Use These Clinical Examples to Paint Hip Replacement Picture

1 expert coder + 1 surgeon = coding gold. When you get the chance to pick the brain of someone who’s been performing orthopedic surgeries for nearly two decades, you do it. That’s what we were able to do thanks to Christa DiCiaccio, CPC, coding specialist I at CaroMont Medical Group in Gastonia, N.C. She spoke with one of her [...]
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