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Coding Educator, August 17, 2009
NAME: Joe Rivet, CPC, CCS-P, CEMC, CICA
HOMETOWN: Detroit, MI
INSTRUCTS: Certified Coding Boot Camp – Original Version®, Evaluation & Management Boot Camp®
WEIRD TRAVEL EXPERIENCE: I was eating dinner in at a restaurant when I noticed a burning smell. I thought it might have been an entrée that was overcooked. But then the burning smell became stronger as time went on. After a certain point I could no longer handle the smell—not to mention smoke—so I left. As I walked to my car, the fire department showed up. It turned the problem was not a burned entrée, but that the building was on fire!
ICD-10: LOVE IT OR HATE IT: I think this is long overdue. We are one of the last industrialized nations to convert to ICD-10. Yes, the codes are going to be more specific, which some people grumbled about, however, many of the truncated codes will be simply one code. The hypertension table will no longer exist, and there will be many other modifications that will be big improvements. If you want to know more about my thoughts on ICD-10, you can visit the ICD-10 Watch blog at http://blogs.hcpro.com/icd-10/.
IF YOU WEREN’T GOING TO TEACH CODING, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO BE: A writer for a travel magazine. I’d love to travel the word and write about the locations and local restaurants.
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