AAP Pediatric Coding Newsletter

Linda Parsi, MD, MBA, CPC, FAAP

Dr. Linda Parsi earned her medical degree in 1994 and completed her pediatric residency in 1997 from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.  She received her Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 2008 from UT of San Antonio. She holds numerous certifications including the Certified Medical Coder (CMC) and Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM) through Practice Management Institute (PMI) and is a Certified Pediatric Coder (CPEDC) through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). She currently serves on the coding publications editorial advisory board for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) since 2015. She has served on numerous boards and served as President of the San Antonio Pediatric Society from 2011 to 2013.  She currently serves on the Texas Pediatric Society Foundation Board as a member and the San Antonio Pediatric Society Board as fundraising chairperson for children’s organizations in the community.  She runs multiple ½ to whole marathons and cycles for raising money for children causes.  She has been in private practice since 1997 and has owned her own practice since 2004.  She has presented talks at numerous pediatric conferences and webinars.  In addition to her private practice, she founded a pediatric consulting company that helps pediatricians with education and practice management.

She is passionate about education and children and proceeds from many presentations have gone to support children’s non-profits organizations.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Coding and Nomenclature (COCN)

The AAP Committee on Coding and Nomenclature (COCN) is responsible for reviewing of all proposed changes to CPT and ICD-9-CM coding structures to determine whether the Academy will endorse the proposal; participates in the American Medical Association/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee's (RUC) survey process by validating clinical vignettes, evaluating survey data, and deciding on physician work and practice expense relative value units (RVUs) to recommend to the RUC; and serves as a review panel regarding other activities such as identifying Academy positions on the RBRVS. The COCN also monitors the Medicare RBRVS physician fee schedule and its adoption by private and public payers.

To update pediatricians on its activities, including the formal publication of new and revised CPT and ICD-9-CM coding structures and final values for CPT codes used by pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists, the COCN publishes periodic articles in AAP News along with a monthly coding column called Coding ​Corner. COCN also publishes Coding for Pediatrics and its monthly newsletter, AAP Pediatric Coding Newsletter, as well as the brochure RBRVS: What Is It and How Does It Affect Pediatrics?​