by Julie Clements | Posted: Jul 13, 2022 | Medical Coding
A common urology condition among older men, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) causes enlargement of the prostate gland. The enlargement of the prostate gland and its surrounding tissues causes several uncomfortable symptoms. As the prostate gland enlarges, it tends...
by Loralee Kapp | Posted: Jun 23, 2022 | Medical Coding
Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the body’s tissues. Also called acute rheumatic fever, this condition causes the body’s immune system to attack its own tissues, causing inflammation (swelling). Rheumatic fever disease...
by Natalie Tornese | Posted: Feb 28, 2022 | Medical Coding
With frequent changes, deletions, and modifications happening with the medical codes, documenting and coding coughs have become rather complicated. The codes for cough symptoms have been expanded to report specific types of coughs. As the American Thoracic Society...
by Natalie Tornese | Posted: Jun 18, 2020 | Resources
Regarded as a rare, neuro-developmental disorder – Rett’s syndrome causes severe problems in brain development. Typically affecting girls, the condition leads to progressive loss of motor skills and speech. It affects nearly every single aspect of the child’s...
by Natalie Tornese | Posted: May 7, 2020 | Resources
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many people working from home and medical coders are no exception. Remote work has been on the rise for years in many companies and some offer it as a benefit to employees for a better work-life balance. Here, in medical coding...