Virtual Medical Office for Step-by-Step Medical Coding, 2008 Edition
August 12, 2008 | Comments Off
Gain realistic experience in a physician’s office without leaving the classroom! By using Elsevier’s Virtual Medical Office learning system an Elsevier textbook, a study guide, and interactive software students will develop critical thinking and decision-making skills they’ll need on the job. Each study guide lesson directs the student through the textbook and software and presents exercises offering practice in coding procedures and diagnoses, filing insurance claims, troubleshooting rejected claims, catching common coding errors, evaluating the office’s compliance with HIPAA, keeping the policy manual up to date, and much more. These exercises in combination with a simulated medical practice bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world.
Money-saving package with the textbook is also available. Search ISBN 1-4160-3041-7.
- 15 unique cases set up specific exercises relating to different payers, different billing situations, and common coding errors.
- More than two hours of video clips offer comparisons of what is documented to what actually happens.
- Software matches the computer experience level of billing and coding students.
- Realistic information resources are shown, such as medical records for each case, an office policy manual, a fee schedule, a daysheet, and more.
- A study guide:
- Complements textbook content through lessons that correlate reading assignments with patients in the virtual practice.
- Promotes active learning as students collect information from a variety of sources to make coding and billing decisions.
- Contains common coding errors that students must spot and correct, as in real practice.
- Augments knowledge of HIPPA by directing students to compare the policy manual, the contents of each case’s medical record, and what actually happens in the videos.
- Makes lessons available online, allowing students to complete their assignments and submit them electronically to their instructor.
Medical Coding : What It Is and How It Works
August 11, 2008 | Comments Off
Medical coding is fundamental and is required for reimbursement by Medicare and all insurers. It drives the cash flow by which health care providers operate. While professional coders do the hands-on coding, individuals in health care operations must have a basic understanding of how coding works. Coding is a very complicated process. There is ICD 9CM, HICPICS, CPT and APC’s. All are different depending on the setting and vary by specialty and by type of service. All health care managers need a basic knowledge of the process that funds their operations. This is the first book that presents the big picture for the non-coder in clear, practical language. Presents coding as a translation of the original language of medical documentation in simple language Contains appendices with specific national rules about coding and billing
Medical Coding Specialist’s Exam Review: Hospital
August 9, 2008 | Comments Off
National coding exams are challenging and require intensive study. Medical Coding Specialist’s Exam Review Hospital provides direction and valuable information to successfully pass the exams. This resource includes time-tested concepts developed over many years of working with coders who have passed the exam. This is the only book that covers both AHIMA’s and AAPC’s hospital-based coding examinations!
Customer Review: Excellent Study Guide
This is the best product I have ever used. It is excellent to have a guide that gives you rationale for an answer.
Customer Review: Use of CCS exam
I have found this book to be quite informational on different aspects that will be covered on the certification exam. I continue to use it as in my studies and as a reference.
Medical Insurance Coding Workbook 2007-08
August 8, 2008 | Comments Off
The Medical Insurance Coding Workbook for Physician Practices builds coding expertise by providing thorough practice, tips, and reinforcement in code selection and linkage. This supplementary workbook offers extensive opportunities for students to practice ICD-9-CM (diagnoses) and CPT/HCPCS (procedures) coding using the standard code reference manuals. Unique coding linkage coverage reviews and practices reporting diagnosis and procedures codes correctly together for compliant coding. The exercises build from one-line diagnostic/procedural statements to case studies. The Workbook also contains three comprehensive examinations covering ICD-9-CM, CPT/HCPCS, and Code Linkage topics.
The Medical Insurance Coding Workbook for Physician Practices is designed to help users master the information needed to pass the coding certification exams and become employable. The precise and tightly focused nature of the workbook helps instructors to readily gauge students’ levels of coding proficiency.
- Actual patient cases present real-world situations youll encounter in practice.
- The case-based worktext format lets you conveniently refer back to the case and the answer you arrive at, eliminating the need for a separate workbook.
- UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) Audit Forms, developed to determine the correct E/M codes, give you a straightforward way to select E/M codes leaving a smaller margin for error while providing a visual representation of the coding process.
- From the Trenches boxes highlight real-life medical coders in each chapter and provide practical advice and motivation.
- Evolve Learning Resource site features updates, tips, and additional resources and gives you an opportunity for extra review.
Medical Coding Online for Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2008 (User Guide, Access Code and Textbook)
August 7, 2008 | Comments Off
This valuable, money-saving package includes Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2008 Edition and Medical Coding Online for Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2008 Edition (User Guide and Access Code).
Coding Notes: Medical Insurance Pocket Guide (Davis’s Notes)
August 6, 2008 | Comments Off
“Provides students and practicing medical assistants with an easy-to-understand nedical billing and coding reference. Formatted in text,tables, and grids to help users quickly and accurately find information forimmediate use.”
Understanding Medical Coding: A Comprehensive Guide (UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL CODING)
August 6, 2008 | Comments Off
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 reimbursement for various insurance carriers and government entities, explains adjustments and how and when to bill patients, and what to do if there is a denial or rejection. The book provides an overview of both CPT and ICD-9-CM coding, and also provides more code-specific information, concentrating on specialty coding and the levels of coding. Understanding the coding rationales increases knowledge and skill in one or more area, enhancing skills and performance for various facilities locations and departments.
The Next Step, Advanced Medical Coding 2008 Edition (Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding)
August 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Picking up where Step-by-Step Medical Coding left off, The Next Step, Advanced Medical Coding: A Worktext, 3rd Edition focuses on mastering the essentials of advanced medical coding and coding services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Learning these advanced coding concepts is easy with the time-tested step-by-step method. This worktext will help you build a more in-depth understanding of physician-based medical coding to enhance critical thinking. It will help you master skills like pulling the right information from documents, selecting the right codes, and determining the correct sequencing of those codes. Patient cases in the text are actual medical records with personal patient details changed or removed, giving you real-world experience coding from physical documentation with advanced material.
Includes both 1995 and 1997 CMS guidelines for documentation of Evaluation and Management services for Medicare and Medicaid patients to train you on both sets of guidelines and prepare you to use either set once you enter the workforce.
Medical Coding Specialist’s Exam Review Physician
August 4, 2008 | Comments Off
Medical Coding Specialists Exam Review Physician provides experience, tips, and essential skills necessary to take and pass both the AAPC and the AHIMA national coding exams. This resource provides readers with information on the national organizations, the types of exams given, how to prepare for each exam, tips on taking standardized tests as well as information on mentally preparing for each exam. The book also provides learners with information on employment opportunities in medical insurance coding and the professional responsibilities that can accompany this profession. Mock exams can be found both in the book and in the accompanying CD-ROM.
Customer Review: For Real?
I have come across more than a few errors in this book and the CD Rom. I am wondering did I waste my money.
Customer Review: This Book Is A Must Have For Exam Preparation
I used “Medical Coding Specialist’s Exam Review - Physician” to study for my CCS-P AHIMA exam. This book is very well organized and covers all the important points of coding, chapter by chapter. Each chapter test has answers to ALL the question - some books I used did not. I found this book was great for abstracting as it gets into the more confusing areas of medical coding in detail. There is also a CD that gives you timed Practice Exams for both CCS-P and CPC with Instant Scoring results. The book answers questions about the exam itself and tells you what to you will need to bring with you to the exam. A must have to prepare for either the AHIMA or AAPC Exams!
Pamela Conboy, CCS-P
2007 Step-by-Step Medical Coding (Text and Workbook (AAPC PMCC Curriculum))
August 2, 2008 | Comments Off
IDENTICAL TO CAROL BUCK BOOK WITH AAPC COVER AND BONUS MATERIAL. Step-by-Step Manual: Providing solid information to help you code accurately and obtain optimum reimbursements for medical services, Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2007 Edition gets you ready for your career in medical coding. | Inside, youll find practical and easy-to-follow instructions on how to code using: * Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) * International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modifications (ICD-9-CM) * CMS Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System PMCC - Step-by-Step Manual & Workbook (2 books) || Step-by-Step Workbook: Specially designed to parallel material in the book, this helpful workbook supplements the text with more than 1,000 questions and terminology exercises, as well as over 80 original source documents to familiarize you with documents you will encounter in practice. It is just what you need for in-depth study and review of the most important facts and information on medical coding. | For each chapter, youll find three types of activities/exercises to help you master key concepts and practice what you have learned. || * Theory questions comprising fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, and true or false questions. * Practical activities consisting of line coding exercises. * Original reports original source documents that have been washed of all confidential information, simulating real-word experience.