Medical billing and coding demystified / Marilyn Burgos, Donya P. Johnson, Jim Keogh ; with contributions by Marissa Hernandez.
Medical Billing and Coding Demystified clearly explains the practices used by medical offices, hospitals, and healthcare facilities to encode medical services in order to receive payment from government agencies and insurance companies. Like other entries in this bestselling series, this self-teaching guide uses a building-block approach that allows readers to learn at their own pace and test themselves along the way. No previous medical or accounting training or experience is necessary to benefit fromMedical Billing and Coding Demystified, and the book can be used as a classroom textbook or as a complement to larger texts. --Publisher
Record details
- ISBN: 9780071849340
- ISBN: 0071849343
- Physical Description: xvi, 286 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Second edition
- Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction to medical billing and coding -- Ethical and legal aspects of medical billing -- Medical terminology and procedures -- Medical office procedures -- Introduction to procedural coding -- Introduction to insurance plans -- The insurance claim cycle -- Billing and coding errors : how to avoid them -- Strategies for handling claim disputes -- Medical transportation -- Medical practice -- Medical billing software programs and systems -- Finding employment in the healthcare industry.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Swansboro Branch Library | 651.5042 BUR (Text) | 36015000862801 | Adult Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
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Medical Billing and Coding Demystified clearly explains the practices used by medical offices, hospitals, and healthcare facilities to encode medical services in order to receive payment from government agencies and insurance companies. Like other entries in this bestselling series, this self-teaching guide uses a building-block approach that allows readers to learn at their own pace and test themselves along the way. No previous medical or accounting training or experience is necessary to benefit fromMedical Billing and Coding Demystified, and the book can be used as a classroom textbook or as a complement to larger texts. --Publisher
