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Understanding Procedural Coding A Worktext

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ISBN-10: 1418051845

ISBN-13: 9781418051846

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mary Jo Bowie, Regina M. Schaffer

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This textbook provides comprehensive instruction for the CPT procedural coding system for various curriculums, such as health information management, health information technology, medical office assistants, coding and reimbursement specialists, and health insurance specialists. This is to be the companion text for Understanding CPT Coding: A Worktext. This hands-on textbook will present a comprehensive understanding of CPT-4 coding system and the guidelines that relate to CPT coding established by federal agencies, Medicare, and the AMA. The textbook will include learning objectives, key terms, learning exercises, chapter summaries, internet links and chapter reviews. The instructors…    
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Book details

List price: $111.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 2/21/2008
Binding: Comb Bound 
Pages: 464
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Mary Jo Bowie, MS, BS, AAS, RHIA, RHIT, owns Health Information Professional Services, a medical record consulting firm in Binghamton, New York, and for more than 15 years has served as an instructor in the Health Information Technology Program at Broome Community College, teaching courses in medical coding, quality assurance, and computers in healthcare. She is also the author of UNDERSTANDING ICD-9-CM, UNDERSTANDING ICD-10-CM/PCS, UNDERSTANDING PROCEDURAL CODING, 2013 ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS WORKBOOK. An active member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), she has served on the New York State Health Information Association Board of Directors, where she was…    

Introduction to CPT and Coding Professionals
Introduction
History of CPT Coding
Coding Professions (training, credentials, continuing education, employment opportunities will be discussed)
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
health information administrator (RHIA)
health information technician (RHIT)
certified coding specialist- (CCS)
certified coding specialist- physician-based- (CCS-P)
American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC)
certified professional coder (CPC)
certified professional coder- hospital (CPC-H)
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
certified medical assistant (CMA)
American Medical Technologists (AMT)
registered medical assistant (RMA)
Role of CPT Coding in the US Healthcare system
HIPAA data set requirement
Hospital Reimbursement
Physician professional fee reimbursement
Long term care- physician and professional services, (PT, OT, speech, etc.)
Medicare Uses of CPT
Mandatory Reporting of CPT Codes
Professional Code of Ethics
Chapter Review
Chapter Resources and Internet Links
Chapter Review Questions
CPT Volume Organization
Organization of Chapters
Alphabetic Index Organization
Arrangement of mainterms, and
Steps for using the
Code Symbols
Guidelines
Modifiers
Unlisted Procedures
Appendices
Chapter Practice I- Navigating the Book
Chapter Review
Chapter Resources and Internet Links
Chapter Review Questions
Evaluation and Management Services
Definition of Common terms
Instructions for Selecting an E& M Code
Review of the categories and subcategories
Review of Medicare Guidelines
Chapter Review
Chapter Resources and Internet Links
Chapter Review Questions
Surgery
Definition of Subsections within surgery
Instructions for selecting a surgery code
Use of Modifiers
Review of the sections and specific codes by
Review of Medicare Guidelines
Chapter Review
Chapter Resources and Internet Links
Chapter Review Questions and Case Studies
Anesthesia
Definition of Subsections within Anesthesia
Reporting of Anesthesia Using Time
Use of Modifiers
Review of Medicare Guidelines
Chapter Review
Chapter Resources and Internet Links
Chapter Review Questions and Case Studies
Radiology
Definition of subsections within Surgery
Supervision and Interpretation Codes
Diagnostic Tests
Interventional Radiology
Radiation Oncology
Chapter Review
Chapter Resources and Internet Links
Chapter Review Questions
Pathology and Laboratory
Definition of subsections within Pathology and Laboratory
Laboratory Panels
Pathology
Laboratory Tests
Chapter Review
Chapter Resources and Internet Links
Chapter Review Questions
Medicine
Definition of subsections within Medicine
Professional Services
Noninvasive Studies
Administrative and Procedural Codes
Chapter Review
Chapter Resources and Internet Links
Chapter Review Questions
Websites referenced in the Text