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Jen Godreau's Top 3 AAPC Takeaways

Thousands of American Academy of Professional Coders members gathered in Jacksonville, Fla. for 3 jam-packed days of coding advice, camaraderie, and learning. Coders' biggest struggle was narrowing down which sessions to attend. For those of you who wonder what you missed and for coders who couldn't make this year's national conference, here's a sneak peak at the documentation improving tips and scenario solutions experts offered. These are my top 3:1. Eliminate stress with a wacky dance. Seriously, psychologist Dr. Farris Jordan demonstrated how responding to computer melt downs with a pseudo Church Lady strut can turn that frown to belly rolls.2. Timesaving method boosts discharge management pay by $31. "I was never seeing a note with discharge management time," reported nurse practitioner Kerin Draak, MS, RN, WHNP-BC, CPC, CEMC, COBGC, in "Hospital Coding ... Making the Rounds". Boost 99238 to 99239 every legit time with a checkbox for "More than [...]
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