Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2021/2022 Edition - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
Help your students master advanced coding skills! Buck’s The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing shows how to code for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Real-world cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) take your students’ coding proficiency a step further by providing hands-on practice with physician documentation. With this guide, students will learn to pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and properly audit cases.
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Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2023/2024 Edition - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource
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- NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2022 code updates when released.
- NEW! Coverage of CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes.
- Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on the job by using actual medical records, allowing students to practice coding with advanced material.
- UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service.
- More than 150 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts.
- From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice.
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- NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2022 code updates when released.
- NEW! Coverage of CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes.
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Preface Acknowledgements List of Physicians
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
Figure Credits Appendix A. E/M Audit Form Appendix B. CMS AB-01-44 Appendix C. Resources Appendix D. Abbreviations Appendix E. Answers to every other case Glossary Index
