Medical Insurance Billing and Coding - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

Section I: Career and Professionalism
Chapter 1 A Career as an Insurance Billing Specialist

Section II: Basics of Health Insurance
Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Health Insurance Coverage
Chapter 3 Source Documents and the Insurance Claim Cycle

Section III: Coding Insurance Claims
Chapter 4 Coding Diagnoses
Chapter 5 Coding Procedures Part I: Introduction to Evaluation and Management Services
Chapter 6 Coding Procedures Part II: Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology/Laboratory, and Medicine

Section IV: Claim Submission
Chapter 7 Documentation and the Medical Record
Chapter 8 The Health Insurance Claim Form: Completion and Submission
Chapter 9 Fees: Private Insurance and Managed Care

Section V: Insurance Programs
Chapter 10 The Medicaid Program
Chapter 11 The Medicare Program
Chapter 12 The TRICARE and CHAMPVA Programs
Chapter 13 Workers' Compensation Coverage and other Disability Programs

Section VI: Receiving Payment and Problem Solving
Chapter 14 Patient Billing and Credit/Collection Practices
Chapter 15 Tracking Reimbursement and Simple Solutions to Unpaid Claims

Appendices
A College Clinic Medical Practice Simulation
B College Clinic Mock Fee Schedule
C Medicare's National HCPCS Level II Codes and Modifiers
D HCFA-1500 Claim Form Instructions and Insurance Templates
E Glossary
F College Clinic Form File
G Student Software Challenge Installation and Operating Instructions

Marilyn Fordney, CMA-AC, Formerly, Instructor of Medical Insurance, Medical Terminology, Medical Machine Transcription, and Medical Office Procedures, Ventura College, Ventura, CA and Linda L. French, CMA-C, NCICS, CPC, Business Consultant and Instructor of Medical Insurance Procedures and Medical Terminology, Simi Valley Adult School and Career Institute, Simi Valley, CA; Ventura College, Ventura, CA; Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA