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#3438 - 01/11/04 02:49 PM New Student
Paleigh38
Junior Member


Registered: 01/11/04
Posts: 3
Loc: PA
Hi all.. New member, new student...
I started school in Sept of last year and am attending a 6 month course... Coding/Billing/Transcriptionist. Finished 1st semester with 4.0 GPA... Now in the coding. They have us with both ICD-9 and CPT.. The ICD is not too bad, between and A & B grades.. CPT is another story. The have us with a new teacher that knows nothing. She is coding the tests as we are with no answer sheets. *groan* Having a bit of a time in the class... would anyone know if there is a site somewhere to get worksheets for extra pratice in the coding to do? We had 1 worksheet to practice for the anesthesia part of coding. E/M a total of 3. ICD - 9 is another story different teacher tons of worksheets to practice on.

Thanks for any help...
Sandy

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#3439 - 01/12/04 04:07 PM Re: New Student
Linda Andrews CMT Moderator
Moderator-Andrews School


Registered: 12/31/69
Posts: 4953
Loc: Oklahoma City, OK US
Hi Sandy!

Welcome to MTDesk. It sounds as if you have a full plate of coding right now. I hope you enjoy your studies and come back often. This particular board section is slow, but maybe we can change that.

Since I'm the owner/director of a distance learning coding school, I will hope that someone else will answer your question. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to meddle with somebody else's student.

[ 01-12-2004: Message edited by: Linda Andrews CMT ]

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#3440 - 01/17/04 07:55 AM Re: New Student
Paleigh38
Junior Member


Registered: 01/11/04
Posts: 3
Loc: PA
Hi Linda,

Thanks for the reply. I thought maybe there were sites somewhere to get sample worksheets. The surgery part of CPT isn't too to bad of the coding, but then again we haven't had a test on it yet either! I really like doing the transcriptions though. Hope to find a job in that field first. Coding would be a second option to me.

Thanks again,
Sandy

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#3441 - 01/19/04 01:30 AM Re: New Student
Redpen
Member


Registered: 12/31/69
Posts: 917
Loc: Virtual Oklahoma!
Hi, Paleigh,

Have you asked your instructor for help? She should be able to come up with additional material for you. If she has not offered any, it might be that she feels you have enough to give you the exposure you need.

You don't actually need for someone to provide you with practice exercises, though. Just create them yourself. Yes, you CAN do this!

Just pick a code in the book, then write a "scenario" for that procedure--a sample doctor's note or coding question. To do this, you'll usually have to compare several similar codes. You'll have to really read them! That will help you figure out the differences among them.

This is one of the best ways to learn, in fact. If you do this with all the codes you're studying, you'll be surprised at how much you can learn.

After you have a sheet-full of these examples, you can go to your teacher and ask her to check them for you!

There is a website which offers some training materials for physician office staff. You can find materials on ICD-9 and CPT, and more. They're downloadable Adobe Acrobat files. It's www.floridamedicare.com. When you get there, you'll have to read a disclaimer notice and click that you agree, then click "enter." It will let you in to the main page. From there, select the education/training choice over on the left side. Roam around on the pages until you find things that look useful. They have documents for several medical specialties and E&M, too.

Coding is an interesting field and it's a worthwhile occupation, so I hope you continue to enjoy it. We're glad you stopped by our website, too!

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#3442 - 01/19/04 10:40 PM Re: New Student
Linda Andrews CMT Moderator
Moderator-Andrews School


Registered: 12/31/69
Posts: 4953
Loc: Oklahoma City, OK US
Peggy is one of our Andrews School coding instructors. I have learned so much from her.
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#3443 - 01/21/04 06:17 AM Re: New Student
tofutti
New Member


Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 4
Loc: Georgia
Hello to all. I just wanted to offer a little help that I have found. There is a website called www.lagunamedsys.com that has some coding things that you can do. You have to go to the website and look for coding edge newsletter archieves and click that and then go to the where it says enter archieves. It has all different kinds of systems, etc... of the body to code along with the answers. Also you can subscribe to a magazine called Advance (it is free) that is full of info; www.advanceforhim.com. Hope this helps.
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#3444 - 01/21/04 09:40 AM Re: New Student
Linda Andrews CMT Moderator
Moderator-Andrews School


Registered: 12/31/69
Posts: 4953
Loc: Oklahoma City, OK US
Hi Tofutti!

I'm so glad you dropped in. Please come back and stir things up here on this board. Thanks for the recommendation.

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