Buck's Physician Coding Exam Review 2020 Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

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ISBN: 9780323757676

Publication Date: 11-13-2019

Page Count: 346

Imprint: Saunders

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Prepare your students to succeed on the physician coding exam with Buck’s Physician Coding Exam Review 2020: The Certification Step! This extensive exam review provides complete coverage of all topics included on the physician coding certification exam — including anatomy, terminology, and pathophysiology for each body system; reimbursement issues; CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM coding; and more. Four full practice exams (with answers and rationales) simulate the testing experience and provide enough practice to reassure even the most insecure exam-takers. It’s the only physician coding exam review your students need!

New to This Edition
- NEW! Updated content features the latest coding information available, promoting accurate coding and success on the job.
Key Features
- NEW! Updated content features the latest coding information available, promoting accurate coding and success on the job.
- UNIQUE! Four full practice exams on Evolve simulate the experience of taking the actual physician coding exam, allowing students to assess their strengths and weaknesses in order to develop a plan for focused study.
- Answers and rationales to questions on the practice exams let students check their work.
- Concise outline format helps students access key information quickly and study more efficiently.
- Extra instructor-led quizzes provide 600 questions to utilize for additional assessment.
- Mobile-optimized quick quizzes offer on-the-go practice with more than 350 medical terminology, pathophysiology, CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM questions.
- "Real-life" coding reports (cleared of any confidential information) simulate the reports that students will encounter on the job and help them apply key coding principles to actual cases.
- Test-taking tips in the Success Strategies section guide students step-by-step through the entire exam process.
Contents

Success Strategies
Course Syllabus and Student Calendar
Unit 1: Anatomy, Terminology, and Pathophysiology
Unit 2: Reimbursement Issues
Unit 3: CPT and HCPCS Coding
Unit 4: ICD-10-CM Coding
Unit 5: Coding Challenge
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Answers
Appendix C: Medical Terminology
Appendix D: Combining Forms
Appendix E: Prefixes
Appendix F: Suffixes
Appendix G: Abbreviations
Appendix H: Further Text Resources
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