Understanding Hospital Coding and Billing, A Worktext

First Edition
Author: Marsha S. Diamond
ISBN #: 1401879438
©2007   Publish Date: 07/03/2006
Binding: SP
Pages: 368
Publisher: Cengage Learning

Price: $119.95

Description:

Finally, a complete guide to the hospital coding and billing processes that includes both inpatient and outpatient coding as well as inpatient and outpatient billing! Understanding Hospital Coding and Billing offers a comprehensive look at the world of hospital/facility coding and billing in a worktext format. This learning solution will promote understanding of the entire facility process from patient intake through the entire billing process. Knowledge of the total process is imperative to successful comprehension of both coding and billing in the facility setting.

Product Benefits:

• Complete guide to UB-92 completion including samples and scenarios
• Contains practice exercises throughout to allow for immediate testing of learned concepts
• Presented in outline format with room to write notes and answers, which will facilitate active learning in the classroom
• Contains sufficient ?real-life? coding and billing scenarios for practical application
• Free CD-ROM contains case studies written specifically for hospital-based billing and coding and the CMS-1450 form
• Includes an appendix on the upcoming UB-04 claim form revision

Table of Contents:

Introduction - The Flow of the Hospital Organization
SECTION I - HOSPITAL CODING/BILLING OVERVIEW
Chapter 1 - Hospital Coding Overview
Chapter 2 - Hospital Billing Process
Chapter 3 - UB-92 Overview
SECTION II - INPATIENT CODING/BILLING
Chapter 4 - Inpatient Coding
Chapter 5 - Inpatient Billing
SECTION III - OUTPATIENT CODING/BILLING
Chapter 6 - Outpatient Coding
Chapter 7 - Outpatient Billing
APPENDIX - CASE SCENARIOS
Appendix I: Inpatient Cases
Appendix II: Outpatient Cases
Appendix III: Proposed UB-92 Revision (UB-04) Information

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