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Coding Tips & Tricks to Help USAFP Members Get Credit Due for Work Done
----Most of the coding tips are from Family Practice Management, but some are AHLTA specifc tips

 

AHLTA Specific Coding Tips

• 2008-CPT-Changes-Summary-Final.doc
• 2008-DOD-coding-guidelines
• AMEDD-AHLTA-Coding-Quick-Reference-Card -v.2.2.pdf
• AHLTA-E&M-Calculator-Detailed-Business-Rules.doc
• AHLTA-E&M-calculator-HPI-change-11-2007.doc
• Coding and AHLTA v2.1.ppt
• Coding-ER-Consults-in-AHLTA.ppt
• Coding-your-Encounters-in-AHLTA-06-2006.ppt
• E&M calculator in AHLTA.ppt
• How to add an Additional E&M code to encounter.doc
• Inpatient-Consults-in-AHLTA-how-to.ppt
• Quick-AHLTA-Coding-Tips.doc
• Tobacco Cessation Coding

Coding Basic Information/Primers

• The Coding Primer (from CDR Joe McQuade, MC USN - revised 01-2009)

Coding and RVU's

• FamMed_Procedure_RVU's.xls
• RVU table MHS

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Family Practice Management Coding Tips & Tools - Family Practice Management

• 99201-Quick-Reference.mht
• 99214-vs-99204-Reference-Card.pdf
• Coding-frequency-comparison-spreadsheet.xls
• Coding-Tools-FPM.htm
• CPT-Code-Changes-2006.pdf
• Cracking-the-Codes_Level-II-III-Visits.pdf
• Documentation-requirements-for-established-patient-office-visits.pdf
• Established-Patient-Level-IV-Visit-Worksheet.pdf
• Guidelines-for-time-based-coding.pdf
• House-calls-coding.mht
• Medical-Decision-Making-Reference.pdf
• Superbill-FPM.pdf
• Toolkit-FPM (a collection of very useful tools for coding and practice management)
• Understanding-When- to-Use-the-New-Patient-E-and-M-Codes.mht

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Coding & Documentation - Family Practice Management

• Coding-and-Documentation--January-2007--Family-Practice-Management.mht
  • Hospital admission & discharge; assessing older drivers; Tdap immunization
• Coding-and-Documentation_February-2007_Family-Practice-Management.pdf
  • Documenting -25 modifier; residency program services; multiple nebulizer treatments; medication refill & more
• Coding-and-Documentation--March-2007--Family-Practice-Management.pdf
  • Welcome to Medicare exams; Documenting the ROS/HPI; Critical care codes; Diagnosis codes for vaccines; Emergent and time-based coding; Infusion time + hydration time
• Coding-and-Documentation--April-2007--Family-Practice-Management.pdf
  • Anticoagulation management; New patients for a new physician; Wet mounts and KOH preps; Using MA/HM/Tech documentation
• Coding-and-Documentation--June-2007--Family-Practice-Management.pdf
  • Preventive and problem-oriented services at the same visit; Pulmonary function testing;House calls for Medicare patients
• Coding-and-Documentation--July_Aug-2007--FPM.pdf
  • Multiple procedures at the same visit; Lesion excisions; Vitamin B12 injections; New vaccine codes link

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