Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2021/2022 Edition
Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2021/2022 Edition

Author: Elsevier

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2020-11-05

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 0323764428

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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 students to practice coding with advanced material. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. More than 150 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts. From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2022 code updates when released. NEW! Coverage of CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes.

The Next Step
The Next Step

Author: Carol J. Buck

Publisher: W B Saunders Company

Published: 2010-12-13

Total Pages: 707

ISBN-13: 9781437716689

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Learning advanced medical coding concepts is easy with Carol J. Buck's proven, step-by-step method! The Next Step, Advanced Medical Coding 2011 Edition provides an in-depth understanding of physician-based medical coding and coding services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Patient cases reflect actual medical records -- with personal details changed or removed -- and give you real-world experience coding from physical documentation with advanced material. Enhance your clinical decision-making skills and learn to confidently pull the right information from documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and prepare for the 2013 transition to ICD-10-CM with the help of Carol J. Buck! Carol J. Buck's proven step-by-step approach guides you through difficult concepts in the most direct, straightforward manner to ensure complete understanding. Realistic coding experience, based on actual patient cases, familiarizes you with real-world situations you'll encounter in practice. Dual Coding prepares you for the switch to ICD-10 by accompanying all ICD-9 answers with corresponding codes from ICD-10-CM. From the Trenches boxes in each chapter highlight real-life medical coders and provide practical advice and motivation. Full-color design makes advanced concepts more accessible and visually engaging. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) Audit Forms, developed to determine the correct E/M codes, simplify the coding process and help you ensure accuracy. Updated content reflects the latest coding developments so you can practice with the most current information available.

Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2023/2024 Edition - E-Book
Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2023/2024 Edition - E-Book

Author: Elsevier

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2022-12-05

Total Pages: 563

ISBN-13: 0323874479

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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! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. More than 150 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts. Coverage of CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes. From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2024 code updates when released.

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

Author: Elsevier

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2018-11-03

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 0323582621

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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.

The Next Step - Advanced Medical Coding
The Next Step - Advanced Medical Coding

Author: Carol J. Buck

Publisher: Saunders

Published: 2005-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781416023739

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This book focuses on medical coding services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. This text picks up where Step-by-Step Medical Coding leaves off by reviewing more advanced coding concepts with the same step-by-step method. It simulates the professional coding experience, providing a more in-depth understanding of physician-based medical coding to enhance critical thinking and help readers pull the right information from documents, select the right codes, and determine the correct sequencing of those codes. Contains actual patient cases to provide real-world examples for learning Delivered in a "worktext" format for more efficient studying Provides information on E/M audit forms to help determine E/M codes From the Trenches section highlights a different real-life medical coding practitioner in each chapter to create a sense of community within the coding profession and offer practical advice and motivational comments Includes answers to case questions as a helpful self-study tool

Advanced Medical Coding Online the Next Step
Advanced Medical Coding Online the Next Step

Author: Carol J. Buck

Publisher: W B Saunders Company

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9781416025993

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A complete course on advanced coding, Advanced Medical Coding Online combines content, self-study, and assessment into a single product that can be used to enhance a traditional classroom or immediately implemented as part of an institution's distance learning program. Designed to be used in conjunction with Buck's The Next Step Medical Coding: From Classroom to Practice, this online component reinforces important concepts in concise lessons incorporating figures, photographs, and links to relevant websites. Modules and coding cases in the course parallel the text's table of contents. The course is presented as though the author, Carol Buck, were teaching - helping students navigate the course, checking their comprehension along the way, and providing feedback and encouragement. Engaging Lesson Lectures by Carol Buck appear in each online chapter, personalizing content and guiding the learner through the text and content. Course management tools provide a variety of student and instructor communication options including real-time chat, class calendar, e-mail connections, bulletin board, digital drop box, discussion board, instructor syllabus, and grade books. Try It!, a unique case approach to advanced coding, lets learners read cases, code them onscreen, and receive feedback, including a full rationale for the correct answer. Completed audit forms can be accessed for every applicable Try It! case. Master It! end-of-module exams allow learners to demonstrate their mastery of the content, with automatic scoring of assessments and automatic grade calculations. Links to Abbreviations and Glossary include full descriptions and definitions. Links to relevant websites provide additional resources to enhance learning.

Advanced Medical Coding Online for The Next Step
Advanced Medical Coding Online for The Next Step

Author: Carol J. Buck

Publisher: W B Saunders Company

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9781416055426

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A complete course on advanced coding, Advanced Medical Coding Online combines content, self-study, and assessment into a single product that can be used to enhance a traditional classroom or immediately implemented as part of an institution's distance learning program. Designed to be used in conjunction with Buck's The Next Step Medical Coding: From Classroom to Practice, this online component reinforces important concepts in concise lessons incorporating figures, photographs, and links to relevant websites. Modules and coding cases in the course parallel the text's table of contents. The course is presented as though the author, Carol Buck, were teaching - helping students navigate the course, checking their comprehension along the way, and providing feedback and encouragement. Engaging Lesson Lectures by Carol Buck appear in each online chapter, personalizing content and guiding the learner through the text and content. Course management tools provide a variety of student and instructor communication options including real-time chat, class calendar, e-mail connections, bulletin board, digital drop box, discussion board, instructor syllabus, and grade books. Try It!, a unique case approach to advanced coding, lets learners read cases, code them onscreen, and receive feedback, including a full rationale for the correct answer. Completed audit forms can be accessed for every applicable Try It! case. Master It! end-of-module exams allow learners to demonstrate their mastery of the content, with automatic scoring of assessments and automatic grade calculations. Links to Abbreviations and Glossary include full descriptions and definitions. Links to relevant websites provide additional resources to enhance learning.

The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2016 Edition
The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2016 Edition

Author: Carol J. Buck

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 0323389104

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Mastering advanced medical coding skills is easier with Carol J. Buck's proven, step-by-step method! The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2016 Edition uses real-world patient cases to explain coding for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Hands-on practice with physician documentation helps you take the next step in coding proficiency. With this guide from coding author and educator Carol J. Buck, you will learn to confidently pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and then properly audit cases. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on-the-job by using actual medical records. More than 185 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts. From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. UPDATED content includes the latest coding information available, for accurate coding and success on the job.