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    Wiki Advice on buying desk reference books - which ones?

    I need to spend just a little bit on my business before the end of they year for taxes... I'd like to invest in some reference books to assist with ASC coding. I have been coding independently/remotely for 18 months with just my manuals, an online encoder that I upgraded to include CPT Assist...
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    Wiki Advice on buying desk reference books - whoch ones?

    I need to spend just a little bit on my business before the end of they year for taxes... I'd like to invest in some reference books to assist with ASC coding. I have been coding independently/remotely for 18 months with just my manuals, an online encoder that I upgraded to include CPT Assist...
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    Wiki Lami/forami, no facetectomy

    I can't seem to find a definitive answer for this. Dictated procedure is "Left C7-T1 laminotomy foraminotomy." Body of the dictation simply states "standard laminotomy was performed." (I mean, there's a lot more, but that's the only reference to the actual laminotomy.) Am I using 63020 (in...
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    Wiki Presenting Problem & Management Options

    If a patient has more than 4 diagnoses or the patient is on dilaudid or any type of monitoring would that make it a high complexity decision making? If there is a reference to this I would greatly appreciate the help. Thank you.
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    Wiki Assistance with orthopedic collection % benchmarks

    Dear Colleagues, I manage the billing for a six group Ortho practice - I do not have benchmark reference material. The providers are a mix of in and out of network - which affects the billing. Can anyone share reference data for a collection percentage for Orthopaedics/Ortho surgeons? My...
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