To help billing professionals understand and comply with the UB-92 billing form requirements, this handbook shows readers how to complete coding in Form Locator boxes, how to comprehend the numerous coding choices available, and how to correctly decipher options. This edition without answers is ideal for classroom use.
This Workbook is a self-learning exercise companion to the ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook 2006, and it can be used as an ancillary text for classroom study. It contains hundreds of self-learning exercises based on real health records. The case summary style of the exercises requires the student to consider the patients condition as well as all relevant information provided: medical history, reason for admission or encounter, laboratory results, procedures performed, and the diagnoses listed. In all exercises, student need to apply pertinent coding principles and official coding guidelines in making code assignments and designating the principal diagnosis and procedure for each episode of care in clean, technically correct language.Challenging practice drills test the users coding skills in a variety of realistic health care settingsfrom the physician office to inpatient care.The Workbook is also available with a Answer Key Supplement ( ICD-9-CM Workbook for Beginning Coders 2006, With Answer Key 2005, 78 pages, 81⁄2" x 11", soft cover, ISBN 1-55648-327-9, AHA Order No. 148027, $45.00).
This reference and training tool for efficient billing operations in health care facilities features 69 skill exercises for proficiency in using UB-92 forms. Includes the answers to exercises.
The first textbook that helps HIM professionals and students understand the differences between the UB-04 and the UB-92 and provides a global view of how the billing function should work in conjunction with the coding department. The Handbook provides accurate and timely information about the UB-04 and explains how and why ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS code conventions must be integrated with UB-04, HCFA-1450 and CMS-1450 billing conventions. The book teaches an individual how to complete a facility UB-04 billing form, and contains vignettes that explain the billing office process, its components and reporting nuances. It will help HIM staff understand that coding conventions for billing are as important as ICD-9 coding conventions when sending a claim to an insurance company or payer and ensure that members of other departments (e.g., accounting, admitting, quality management) understand how their indispensable contributions to the revenue cycle must be translated by billers to fit changing UB-04 Form Locator codes.The book contains an overview of basic payment methodologies, plus 65 quizzes that can be used for self-testing, for performance evaluations or classwork assignments. This book will help hospitals and other health care providers maximize claim processing performance and revenue recovery and better manage their revenue cycle process.
The first textbook that explains the differences between the UB-04 and the UB-92 and provides a global view of how the billing function should work in conjunction with the coding department.It helps health care providers maximize claim processing performance and revenue recovery and better manage their revenue cycle process. It provides accurate information about the UB-04 and explains how and why ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS code conventions must be integrated with UB-04, HCFA-1450 and CMS-1450 billing conventions. It teaches an individual how to complete a facility UB-04 billing form, and contains vignettes that explain the billing office process, its components and reporting nuances. It helps HIM staff understand that billing coding conventions are as important as ICD-9 coding conventions when sending a claim to a payer and ensures that members of accounting, admitting, and quality management departments understand how their contributions to the revenue cycle must be translated by billers. Contains an overview of basic payment methodologies, plus 65 quizzes without answers.
Palliative Care is the first book to provide a comprehensive understanding of the new field that is transforming the way Americans deal with serious illness. Diane E. Meier, M.D., one of the field's leaders and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius award" in 2009, opens the volume with a sweeping overview of the field. In her essay, Dr. Meier examines the roots of palliative care, explores the key legal and ethical issues, discusses the development of palliative care, and presents ideas on policies that can improve access to palliative care. Dr. Meier's essay is followed by reprints of twenty-five of the most important articles in the field. They range from classic pieces by some of the field's pioneers, such as Eric Cassel, Balfour Mount, and Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, to influential newer articles on topics such as caregiving and cost savings of palliative care. The reprints cover a wide range of topics including: Why the care of the seriously ill is so important Efforts to cope with advanced illness Legal and ethical issues Pain management Cross-cultural issues Philosophical perspective The demand for palliative care has been nothing short of stunning largely because of palliative care's positive impact on both the quality and the cost of care provided to seriously ill individuals. By providing a wide-ranging perspective on this growing field, this book will serve as a guide for developing meaningful approaches that will lead to better health care for all Americans.
Realistic, hands-on exercises prepare students to work effectively in the managed care environment with all types of insurance claims. Self-study review questions and complete, competency-based tests are presented. Easily removable sample practice forms are provided, as well as case study information and practice exercises. Available separately.
A source of information for submitting, tracing, appealing and transmitting claims for the full range of health plans. The text places special emphasis on procedural and diagnostic coding and illustrates correct and incorrect CPT codes and appropriate versus inappropriate documentation. This instructor's manual is designed to accompany the main text, ISBN 0-7216-6987-5.
