SALT LAKE CITY, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AAPC (www.aapc.com) is collaborating with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to plan and conduct an AAPC-sponsored ICD-10 "Code-A-Thon" ...

CMS and the American Academy of Professional Coders hosted a Code-a-Thon on April 26, at which coding experts from AAPC responded to nearly 250 questions from more than 1,200 participants, according ...

Here are three tips on how to properly select ICD-10 codes from AAPC ICD-10 trainer Brenda Edwards, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, CEMC. 1. Identify the condition in the alphabetic index. 2. Verify the code and ...