Full Description
Learning advanced medical coding is easy with Carol J. Buck's proven, step-by-step method! The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2014 Edition helps you master coding skills for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. It includes patient cases that reflect actual medical records and give you real-world experience with advanced coding. You can enhance your decision-making skills and learn to confidently pull the right information from documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, properly audit cases, and prepare for the transition to ICD-10 with the help of coding author and educator Carol J. Buck!
Contents
1. Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services 2. Medicine 3. Radiology 4. Pathology and Laboratory 5. Integumentary System 6. Cardiovascular System 7. Digestive System, Hemic/Lymphatic System, and Mediastinum/Diaphragm 8. Musculoskeletal System 9. Respiratory System 10. Urinary, Male Genital, and Endocrine Systems 11. Female Genital System and Maternity Care/Delivery 12. Nervous System 13. Eye and Auditory Systems 14. Anesthesia Appendix A: E/M Audit Forms Appendix B: CMS AB-01-44 Appendix C: Resources Appendix D: Abbreviations Appendix E: Answers to every other case
