Medical billing & coding for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Karen Smiley |
Autore | Smiley Karen C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
Disciplina | 651.504261 |
Collana | --For dummies |
Soggetto topico |
Medical fees
Health insurance claims Nosology Medical claims processing industry - Vocational guidance - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-76815-0
9786613678928 1-118-22203-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Medical Billing & Coding For Dummies®; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting to Know Medical Billing and Coding; Chapter 1: Dipping Your Toes in Medical Billing and Coding; Coding versus Billing: They Really Are Two Jobs; A Day in the Life of a Claim; Keeping Abreast of What Every Biller/Coder Needs to Know; Deciding Which Job Is Right for You
Prepping for Your Career: Training Programs and CertificationsPlanning for the Future; Chapter 2: Exploring the Billing and Coding Professions; The Lowdown on Medical Coding; On the Job with the Medical Biller; In Tandem: Working Together or Doing Both Jobs Yourself?; Chapter 3: Weighing Your Employment Options; Choosing Your Environment: Doctor's Office, Hospital, and Others; Remote Access: Working Off-site; Other Work Options: Freelance, Temping, and More; A Word of Advice for New Coders; Part II: Boning Up on the Need-to-Knows of Your Profession Chapter 4: Compliance: Understanding the RulesYou Rule! Getting to Know the Rule Makers; Complying with HIPAA; Unbundling the Compliance Bundle; Fun with Audits - Not Really; Chapter 5: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows: Medical Terminology and Medical Necessity; Basic Anatomy Does a Body Good; Say What? Deciphering Medical Terminology; Understanding Medical Necessity; Scrubbing In: Proving Medical Necessity for Surgical Procedures; Connecting with the World of Evaluation and Management Codes; Chapter 6: Getting to Know the Payers; The Man with the Plan: Commercial Insurance Medicare: The Big Kahuna of Government PayersWorking with Other Government Payers; Part III: Keys to Becoming a Professional: Getting Certified; Chapter 7: Your Basic Certification Options, Courtesy of the AAPC and AHIMA; Introducing the Two Main Credentialing Organizations: The AAPC and AHIMA; Looking at the Basic Certifications; Choosing the Certification That's Right for You; Examining the Exams: A Quick Review of the Main Tests; Chapter 8: The Path to Certification: Finding a Study Program; The Big Picture: Thinking about Your Degree and Career Objectives; Considering the Time Commitment Ready, Set, Prerequisites!Picking a Program of Study; Caveat Emptor: Watching Out for Diploma Mills; Chapter 9: Signing Up and Preparing for the Certification Exam; Establishing a Study Routine and Strategy; Focusing on the Right Topics; On Approach: Getting Ready for the Big Day; Signing Up for and Taking the Big Test; Chapter 10: Adding Street Cred: Specialty Certifications and Continuing Ed; Getting Familiar with Your Specialty Certification Options; Building on Your Cred with Continuing Education; Part IV: Dealing with the Nitty-Gritty On-the-Job Details Chapter 11: Processing a Run-of-the-Mill Claim: An Overview |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462408703321 |
Smiley Karen C | ||
Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Medical billing & coding for dummies [[electronic resource] /] / by Karen Smiley |
Autore | Smiley Karen C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
Disciplina | 651.504261 |
Collana | --For dummies |
Soggetto topico |
Medical fees
Health insurance claims Nosology Medical claims processing industry - Vocational guidance - United States |
ISBN |
1-118-23614-9
1-280-76815-0 9786613678928 1-118-22203-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Medical Billing & Coding For Dummies®; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting to Know Medical Billing and Coding; Chapter 1: Dipping Your Toes in Medical Billing and Coding; Coding versus Billing: They Really Are Two Jobs; A Day in the Life of a Claim; Keeping Abreast of What Every Biller/Coder Needs to Know; Deciding Which Job Is Right for You
Prepping for Your Career: Training Programs and CertificationsPlanning for the Future; Chapter 2: Exploring the Billing and Coding Professions; The Lowdown on Medical Coding; On the Job with the Medical Biller; In Tandem: Working Together or Doing Both Jobs Yourself?; Chapter 3: Weighing Your Employment Options; Choosing Your Environment: Doctor's Office, Hospital, and Others; Remote Access: Working Off-site; Other Work Options: Freelance, Temping, and More; A Word of Advice for New Coders; Part II: Boning Up on the Need-to-Knows of Your Profession Chapter 4: Compliance: Understanding the RulesYou Rule! Getting to Know the Rule Makers; Complying with HIPAA; Unbundling the Compliance Bundle; Fun with Audits - Not Really; Chapter 5: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows: Medical Terminology and Medical Necessity; Basic Anatomy Does a Body Good; Say What? Deciphering Medical Terminology; Understanding Medical Necessity; Scrubbing In: Proving Medical Necessity for Surgical Procedures; Connecting with the World of Evaluation and Management Codes; Chapter 6: Getting to Know the Payers; The Man with the Plan: Commercial Insurance Medicare: The Big Kahuna of Government PayersWorking with Other Government Payers; Part III: Keys to Becoming a Professional: Getting Certified; Chapter 7: Your Basic Certification Options, Courtesy of the AAPC and AHIMA; Introducing the Two Main Credentialing Organizations: The AAPC and AHIMA; Looking at the Basic Certifications; Choosing the Certification That's Right for You; Examining the Exams: A Quick Review of the Main Tests; Chapter 8: The Path to Certification: Finding a Study Program; The Big Picture: Thinking about Your Degree and Career Objectives; Considering the Time Commitment Ready, Set, Prerequisites!Picking a Program of Study; Caveat Emptor: Watching Out for Diploma Mills; Chapter 9: Signing Up and Preparing for the Certification Exam; Establishing a Study Routine and Strategy; Focusing on the Right Topics; On Approach: Getting Ready for the Big Day; Signing Up for and Taking the Big Test; Chapter 10: Adding Street Cred: Specialty Certifications and Continuing Ed; Getting Familiar with Your Specialty Certification Options; Building on Your Cred with Continuing Education; Part IV: Dealing with the Nitty-Gritty On-the-Job Details Chapter 11: Processing a Run-of-the-Mill Claim: An Overview |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790344403321 |
Smiley Karen C | ||
Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Medical billing & coding for dummies / / by Karen Smiley |
Autore | Smiley Karen C |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
Disciplina | 651.504261 |
Collana | --For dummies |
Soggetto topico |
Medical fees
Health insurance claims Nosology Medical claims processing industry - Vocational guidance - United States |
ISBN |
1-118-23614-9
1-280-76815-0 9786613678928 1-118-22203-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Medical Billing & Coding For Dummies®; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting to Know Medical Billing and Coding; Chapter 1: Dipping Your Toes in Medical Billing and Coding; Coding versus Billing: They Really Are Two Jobs; A Day in the Life of a Claim; Keeping Abreast of What Every Biller/Coder Needs to Know; Deciding Which Job Is Right for You
Prepping for Your Career: Training Programs and CertificationsPlanning for the Future; Chapter 2: Exploring the Billing and Coding Professions; The Lowdown on Medical Coding; On the Job with the Medical Biller; In Tandem: Working Together or Doing Both Jobs Yourself?; Chapter 3: Weighing Your Employment Options; Choosing Your Environment: Doctor's Office, Hospital, and Others; Remote Access: Working Off-site; Other Work Options: Freelance, Temping, and More; A Word of Advice for New Coders; Part II: Boning Up on the Need-to-Knows of Your Profession Chapter 4: Compliance: Understanding the RulesYou Rule! Getting to Know the Rule Makers; Complying with HIPAA; Unbundling the Compliance Bundle; Fun with Audits - Not Really; Chapter 5: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows: Medical Terminology and Medical Necessity; Basic Anatomy Does a Body Good; Say What? Deciphering Medical Terminology; Understanding Medical Necessity; Scrubbing In: Proving Medical Necessity for Surgical Procedures; Connecting with the World of Evaluation and Management Codes; Chapter 6: Getting to Know the Payers; The Man with the Plan: Commercial Insurance Medicare: The Big Kahuna of Government PayersWorking with Other Government Payers; Part III: Keys to Becoming a Professional: Getting Certified; Chapter 7: Your Basic Certification Options, Courtesy of the AAPC and AHIMA; Introducing the Two Main Credentialing Organizations: The AAPC and AHIMA; Looking at the Basic Certifications; Choosing the Certification That's Right for You; Examining the Exams: A Quick Review of the Main Tests; Chapter 8: The Path to Certification: Finding a Study Program; The Big Picture: Thinking about Your Degree and Career Objectives; Considering the Time Commitment Ready, Set, Prerequisites!Picking a Program of Study; Caveat Emptor: Watching Out for Diploma Mills; Chapter 9: Signing Up and Preparing for the Certification Exam; Establishing a Study Routine and Strategy; Focusing on the Right Topics; On Approach: Getting Ready for the Big Day; Signing Up for and Taking the Big Test; Chapter 10: Adding Street Cred: Specialty Certifications and Continuing Ed; Getting Familiar with Your Specialty Certification Options; Building on Your Cred with Continuing Education; Part IV: Dealing with the Nitty-Gritty On-the-Job Details Chapter 11: Processing a Run-of-the-Mill Claim: An Overview |
Altri titoli varianti | Medical billing and coding for dummies |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820478203321 |
Smiley Karen C | ||
Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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