cover image - Understanding Hospital Billing and Coding - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781437722529
Copyright: 2011
Publication Date: 09-22-2010
Page Count: 664
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $84.99

Understanding Hospital Billing and Coding - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

by Debra P. Ferenc, BS, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-H, CMSCS, PCS, FCS

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Understanding Hospital Billing and Coding - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781437722529
Copyright: 2011
Publication Date: 09-22-2010
Page Count: 664
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $84.99
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A comprehensive, approachable guide to hospital insurance billing and coding, this text covers everything from patient admission to accounts receivable management and HIPAA. Students will use concepts from the physician/outpatient environment and learn to apply them to the hospital environment. Completely updated, this edition includes information on the hospital regulatory setting, the structure and functions of hospital departments, patient accounts and data flow, the billing process, coding, claim forms, reimbursement, accounts receivable management, HIPAA requirements, and much more.

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Understanding Hospital Billing and Coding - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

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ISBN: 9781455723645
    • Updated Claim Forms chapter covers the UB-04 claim form.
    • Updated information covers diagnosis and procedural coding, with guidelines and applications.
    • Updated claim forms and names are used throughout.
    • Updated Claim Forms chapter covers the UB-04 claim form.
    • Updated information covers diagnosis and procedural coding, with guidelines and applications.
    • Updated claim forms and names are used throughout.
    1. Hospital Introduction
    2. Regulatory Environment
    3. Hospital Organizational Structure and Function
    4. Patient Accounts and Data Flow
    5. Billing Process
    6. Accounts Receivable
    7. Diagnosis Coding
    8. Procedural Coding
    9. Coding Guidelines & Applications
    10. Claim Forms
    11. Third-Party Payers
    12. Government Payers
    13. Prospective Payment Systems
  • Debra P. Ferenc, BS, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-H, CMSCS, PCS, FCS
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