Fundamentals of coding, payment, and documentation
Subtitle: understanding their role and impact in health care
By: Susan E. Garrison
Contributors: American Medical Association
Publisher: American Medical Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781603593373
Subjects: Clinical medicine; Clinical Coding; Insurance Claim Reporting; Code numbers; Health insurance claims; Nosology
Description: "Fundamentals of Coding, Payment, and Documentation provides an overview of the key coding issues facing healthcare providers and how documentation and payment are intertwined with coding. It does not teach how to code, but rather provides a foundation for understanding the various elements and impact of coding"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the fundamentals of medical coding, payment, and documentation; title: Insurance payment; title: Insurance billing claim forms; title: Medicare payment systems; title: Physician payment; title: Hospital payment; title: Other medicare payment systems; title: Documentation; title: Healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS); title: International classification of diseases; title: Electronic health records; title: Fraud & abuse issues in health care coding, payment, and documentation; title: Putting it all together.