I'm trying something new and launching a video blog.  You may have noticed that I haven't written much lately and that's most...

My blog is over six years old!  Seriously, I just checked.  In the last six years as I've put myself out there as the Coder Coach, I...

Is it just me or is the amount of ICD-10 hype particularly increased over the last couple of months?   Now, at just 17 months until implemen...

I'm afraid today's topic won't be quite the entertainment fodder that many of my readers have come to enjoy because this is a se...

You may be wondering where I've been. Well, I've largely been off Twitter and the Coder Coach Facebook page and I obviously haven...

I recently looked over my past blog postings to see what material I haven't covered. Well, there's a lot. And I realize my last fe...

If you haven't heard yet, the coding system is changing on October 1, 2013 from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. I have told a lot...

About 10 years ago when I was working as a coding supervisor in a hospital, I received a phone call from a woman who was asking me how she c...

One of the things I love about the mentoring I do for students is it reminds me of what it was like to be a newbie. And I don't just me...

I've been painting a lot lately. I recently had the intense urge to splash bold color on my bathroom walls. And I have to say, that wh...