Full Description
Please note: The CD packaged with this product is no longer compatible with most current operating systems. Today'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.
A reader-friendly, easy-to-grasp writing style and unique, troubleshooting CoderPlus CD-ROM make coding clear and simple to master.
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
