Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2019/2020 Edition

by Elsevier

Overview

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) takes your coding proficiency a step further by providing hands-on practice with physician documentation. With this guide, you’ll learn to pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and properly audit cases.

• Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on the job by using actual medical records, allowing you to practice coding with advanced material.
• UNIQUE! From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice.
• UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service.
• Over 170 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323582612
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	12/05/2018
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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

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The Next Step takes your medical coding skills to the next level