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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Collaborators - p. vi 7. Reviewers - p. vii 8. Preface - p. viii 9. Acknowledgments - p. ix 10. List of physicians - p. x 11. 1. Evaluation and management services - p. xi 12. E/M review—the basics - p. xi 13. Hospital inpatient services - p. 13 14. Diagnosis coding - p. 14 15. Time to code! - p. 17 16. Hospital discharge services - p. 22 17. Consultations, prolonged services, standby, and critical care services - p. 34 18. Cerebral hemorrhage - p. 43 19. Office and other outpatient services - p. 52 20. Hospital observation services - p. 54 21. Neonatal care services - p. 56 22. Neonatal critical care (NCC) - p. 57 23. Newborn diagnosis coding - p. 58 24. Preventive medicine services - p. 64 25. 2. Medicine - p. 74 26. 3. Radiology - p. 101 27. 4. Pathology and laboratory - p. 135 28. 5. Integumentary system - p. 169 29. 6. Cardiovascular system - p. 208 30. 7. Digestive system, hemic/lymphatic system, and mediastinum/diaphragm - p. 248 31. 8. Musculoskeletal system - p. 298 32. 9. Respiratory system - p. 329 33. 10. Urinary, male genital, and endocrine systems - p. 369 34. 11. Female genital system and maternity care/delivery - p. 398 35. 12. Nervous system - p. 429 36. 13. Eye and auditory systems - p. 455 37. 14. Anesthesia - p. 471 38. Figure credits - p. 499 39. EM audit form - p. 500 40. CMS AB 01 144 - p. 501 41. Resources - p. 502 42. Abbreviations - p. 503 43. Answers to every other case - p. 504 44. Glossary - p. 505 45. Index - p. 506 46. Inside back cover - p. 507
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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Collaborators - p. vi 7. Reviewers - p. vii 8. Preface - p. viii 9. Acknowledgments - p. ix 10. List of physicians - p. x 11. 1. Evaluation and management services - p. xi 12. E/M review—the basics - p. xi 13. Hospital inpatient services - p. 13 14. Diagnosis coding - p. 14 15. Time to code! - p. 17 16. Hospital discharge services - p. 22 17. Consultations, prolonged services, standby, and critical care services - p. 34 18. Cerebral hemorrhage - p. 43 19. Office and other outpatient services - p. 52 20. Hospital observation services - p. 54 21. Neonatal care services - p. 56 22. Neonatal critical care (NCC) - p. 57 23. Newborn diagnosis coding - p. 58 24. Preventive medicine services - p. 64 25. 2. Medicine - p. 74 26. 3. Radiology - p. 101 27. 4. Pathology and laboratory - p. 135 28. 5. Integumentary system - p. 169 29. 6. Cardiovascular system - p. 208 30. 7. Digestive system, hemic/lymphatic system, and mediastinum/diaphragm - p. 248 31. 8. Musculoskeletal system - p. 298 32. 9. Respiratory system - p. 329 33. 10. Urinary, male genital, and endocrine systems - p. 369 34. 11. Female genital system and maternity care/delivery - p. 398 35. 12. Nervous system - p. 429 36. 13. Eye and auditory systems - p. 455 37. 14. Anesthesia - p. 471 38. Figure credits - p. 499 39. EM audit form - p. 500 40. CMS AB 01 144 - p. 501 41. Resources - p. 502 42. Abbreviations - p. 503 43. Answers to every other case - p. 504 44. Glossary - p. 505 45. Index - p. 506 46. Inside back cover - p. 507
