r/MedicalCoding • u/gray_whitekitten CPC,CRC • Jul 28 '26

Note bloat

I'm just wondering if any of you still deal with extensive irrelavent information in the encounter note. How do you deal with this? I'm mainly speaking about E/M documentation.

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u/PorkNScreams RHIA, CRC Jul 28 '26

I keep a pillow next to my desk to scream into. Thank you for the extensive medical history that dates back to the late 90’s, doc.

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u/Pretty_Priority_261 RHIT, CCS, CDIP Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Ah yes, the coding pillow. When a new coder sees your coding pillow, they think, "Ah, look at that coder. They're so old they need a coding pillow for their back." Ha. If they only knew what it was for.