Understanding medical coding a comprehensive guide

• Main Author: Johnson, Sandra L. CMA (Author)
• Other Authors: McHugh, Connie
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Clifton Park, NY Thomson Delmar Learning 2006
• Edition: Second edition
• Subjects: Forms and Records Control > methods; Nosology > Code numbers; Relative Value Scales > methods
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Understanding Medical Coding contains instruction for both inpatient and outpatient coding, and links a connection to the billing/reimbursement/collections process. The book takes the user through all steps necessary to code a claim correctly, link the correct CPT and ICD-9-CM codes for reimbursemen...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to coding
• ICD-9-CM
• HCPCS level II
• Current procedural terminology (CPT) basics
• Evaluation and management
• Anesthesia/general surgery
• Integumentary system
• Orthopedics
• Cardiology and the cardiovascular system
• Ob/gyn
• Radiology, pathology, and laboratory
• Medicine
• Billing and collections
• Filing the claim form
• Payment for professional health care services, auditing, and appeals
• Inpatient coding.