Medical coding for U.S. healthcare industry

Learn how to navigate the CPT codebook to select accurate current procedural terminology codes, verify them in the code set notes, and apply modifiers correctly.

Apply E/M coding by evaluating history, examination, and medical decision making to select office or emergency department visit codes, differentiating new versus established patients with ICD-10-CM and CPT codes.

Explore CPD codes for procedures and surgeries, covering open, minimally invasive, endoscopic, natural-opening, and nonincisional approaches with examples like open hernia repair and lumbar puncture.

Master ICD-10-CM coding and medical necessity with acute bronchitis and GERD examples, and learn how correct sequencing and navigating the index and tabular list improve claims.

Discover how placeholder X in ICD-10-CM codes signals future extension between characters, and apply its use for initial, subsequent, and after-effect encounters with practical examples.

Explore the ICD-10 neoplasm table, including tumor site classification, malignant primary and secondary cancers, carcinoma in situ, benign, uncertain, and unspecified neoplasms; learn how pathology reports and biopsy update codes.

Learn to interpret the ICD-10-CM drug table, classify poisoning scenarios across its columns, distinguish accidental poisoning, adverse effects, and underdosing, and verify codes in the ICD-10-CM list.

Learn how ICD-10 external cause codes capture the mechanism, place of occurrence, and activity in motor vehicle accidents, with initial visits and multiple codes; note they are not primary diagnoses.

Discover the 3M coding tool that improves accuracy and productivity by navigating procedure names, anatomical sites, and abbreviations, with integrated ICD and CBD books, the CBD assistant, and coding guidelines.