Description
Book SynopsisToday's fast-paced and constantly changing health-care environment demands that you find the answers you need quickly and easily. This brand-new approach to billing and coding teaches you the who, what, why, when, and how of proper diagnostic and procedural coding, claim form completion, and medical recordkeeping.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Medical Coding Basics
- A Career in Medical Coding
- The Legal Aspect of Coding and Billing
- HIPAA: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Coding Systems
- Diagnostic Coding
- Procedural Coding: Introduction to CPT and Evaluation and Management
- Procedural Coding: Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory, and Medicine
- Insurance
- General Commercial Health Insurance Information
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Managed Care Plans
- TRICARE/CHAMPVA
- Worker's Compensation
- Insurance Payments and Follow-up Procedures
- Glossary of Key Terms
- Appendices
- Sample Practice Information and Insurance Forms
- Common Abbreviations
- Index
