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July 24,2024
Health Information Associates (HIA) is excited to announce the release of the 2025 medical coding updates. These updates will be available on HIA's premier online education platform, HIAlearn.com, providing comprehensive courses to help medical coders stay current with the latest industry standards. Pre-purchase for these courses is now open at HIAlearn.com/code-updates. Pre-purchasing these courses not only secures early access but also comes with a free eBook. If you pre-purchase all four code update courses, you will receive a 25% discount. For more information and to pre-purchase the 2025 code update courses, visit HIAlearn.com/code-updat...
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Covid-19 Coding
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