Medical Coding Resources

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Information about coding certification, AHIMA membership, degree programs for health information careers.

American Medical Association (AMA)
CPT news, Category II and III code updates each January and July, Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services, CE credit quizzes
                                   
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Medicare and Medicaid news, regulations, National Coverage Determinations, HIPAA information, coding guidelines, payment information, Web-Based Training Courses

Federal Register
Physician Fee Schedule, HCPCS information, global periods, rule changes, Inpatient and Outpatient Medicare and Medicaid payment information, DRG information, Long-term care facilities rules and payment information, new ICD-9-CM codes

Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
Level II HCPCS codes and Alphabetic Index

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
HIPAA Transactions and Code Set Standards, HIPAA Non-privacy Complaint Form for reporting non-compliant code set transactions

ICD-9-CM Information
ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee information including new codes, proposed codes, addenda, meeting agendas, ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines

ICD-10-CM Information
ICD-10-CM information including the draft of ICD-10-CM Tabular List, Index and Instructions

Medicare Learning Network (MLN)
Medicare Learning Network Products Catalog

National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edits
NCCI edit files for physician and hospital outpatient settings containing list of codes which may be components of each other or which may each be billed and mutually exclusive code files

Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Compliance programs for several health care settings such as hospital, small group physician practices, third party billing companies, nursing homes, independent laboratories

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
Details of PQRI including quality measures and reporting requirements.