CCS Exam

The CCS (Certified coding specialist) exam of AHIMA is conducted through Pearson VUE authorised test centers from January 2011.

Medicare Screening Colonoscopy

When a Medicare patient has come for screening colonoscpy and it has turned to therapeutic procedure, no G code is given. A PT modifier is appended to the CPT 4 code.

For example:
A medicare patient came for screening colonoscopy and a polyp was found and removed, then it is coded as 45380-PT.

Medical Coding Companies in Hyderabad

Medical Coding industry is growing vastly now. Many of the major MNCs have been entering in the healthcare industry and particulary into the Revenue Cycle Management Process, which includes medical coding. Some of the Medical Coding companies at Hyderabad India are:

Apollo Healthcare
Omega Health IT Solutions
Phycare Solutions
Elico
Genpact
Cognizant
Conjoin Group
Aegis

Expecting more MNCs will be into the field soon and this is a good career to choose.