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Take your first step toward a successful career in medical coding with guidance from the most trusted name in coding education! The bestselling Buck’s Step-by-Step Medical Coding is a practical, easy-to-use resource that shows you exactly how to code using all current coding sets. To reinforce your understanding, practice exercises follow the explanations of each coding concept. In addition to coverage of reimbursement, ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and inpatient coding, an Evolve website includes 30-day access to TruCode® Encoder Essentials. No other book so thoroughly covers all coding sets!
Theory and practical review questions (located at the end of each chapter) focus on recalling important chapter information and application of codes.
A step-by-step approach makes it easier to build your coding skills and remember the material.
Learning objective and glossary review questions reinforce your understanding of key chapter concepts and terms
Coverage reflects the latest CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes.
30-day trial to TruCode® Encoder Essentials gives you experience with using an encoder (plus access to additional encoder practice exercises on the Evolve website).
UNIQUE! ""Real-life"" coding reports simulate the reports you will encounter as a coder and help you apply coding principles to actual cases.
Online activities on Evolve provide extra practice with assignments, including coding reports.
More than 450 illustrations help you understand the types of medical conditions and procedures being coded, and include examples taken directly from Elsevier's professional ICD-10 and HCPCS manuals.
UNIQUE! Four coding-question variations - covering both single-code questions and multiple-code questions and scenarios - develop your coding ability and critical thinking skills.
UNIQUE! Coders' Index in the back of the book makes it easy to quickly locate specific codes.
Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting boxes show the official guidelines wording for inpatient and outpatient coding alongside in-text explanations.
Exercises, Quick Checks, and Toolbox features reinforce coding rules and concepts, and emphasize key information.
Valuable tips and advice are offered in features such as From the Trenches, Coding Shots, Stop!, Caution!, Check This Out, and CMS Rules.
Sample EHR screenshots (in Appendix D) show examples similar to the electronic health records you will encounter in the workplace.
NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, promoting accurate coding and success on the job.
By:
Elsevier
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 276mm,
Width: 216mm,
Weight: 1.650kg
ISBN: 9780443111792
ISBN 10: 0443111790
Pages: 832
Publication Date: 04 December 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Replaced By: 9780443248788
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
UNIT 1 Reimbursement CHAPTER 1 Reimbursement, HIPAA, and Compliance UNIT 2 ICD-10-CM CHAPTER 2 An Overview of ICD-10-CM CHAPTER 3 ICD-10-CM Outpatient Coding and Reporting Guidelines CHAPTER 4 Using ICD-10-CM CHAPTER 5 Chapter-Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 1-10) CHAPTER 6 Chapter-Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 11-14) CHAPTER 7 Chapter-Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 15-22) UNIT 3 CPT and HCPCS CHAPTER 8 Introduction to CPT CHAPTER 9 Introduction to the Level II National Codes (HCPCS) CHAPTER 10 Modifiers CHAPTER 11 Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services CHAPTER 12 Anesthesia CHAPTER 13 Surgery Guidelines and General Surgery CHAPTER 14 Integumentary System CHAPTER 15 Musculoskeletal System CHAPTER 16 Respiratory System CHAPTER 17 Cardiovascular System CHAPTER 18 Hemic, Lymphatic, Mediastinum, and Diaphragm CHAPTER 19 Digestive System CHAPTER 20 Urinary and Male Genital Systems CHAPTER 21 Reproductive, Intersex Surgery, Female Genital System, and Maternity Care and Delivery CHAPTER 22 Endocrine and Nervous Systems CHAPTER 23 Eye, Ocular Adnexa, Auditory, and Operating Microscope CHAPTER 24 Radiology CHAPTER 25 Pathology/Laboratory CHAPTER 26 Medicine UNIT 4 Inpatient Coding CHAPTER 27 Inpatient Coding 697 Differences Between Inpatient and Outpatient Coding APPENDIX A Online Resources APPENDIX B Exercise, Quick Check, and Toolbox Answers APPENDIX C Learning Objective and Glossary Review Answers APPENDIX D EHR Screens Glossary Figure Credits Coder's Index Index
