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Practical and easy to understand, UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL CODING: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE, THIRD EDITION teaches readers everything they need to know about medical coding. Through clear, step-by-step instructions, readers will learn how to code a claim correctly, link the correct CPT and ICD-9-CM codes for reimbursement, understand adjustments as well as how and when to bill patients, and determine what to do if there is a denial or rejection. Coverage has been thoroughly updated to include information on ICD-10-CM and how it compares to ICD-9-CM. CPT coding and modifiers are also discussed, as well as more code-specific information, concentrating on specialty coding and the levels of coding.

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• Preface
• 1 Introduction to Coding
• Introduction
• A Career As a Medical Coder
• What Skills are Required in Medical Coding?
• What is Fraud and Abuse?
• Tools of the Trade
• Types of Coding
• ICD-10CM
• 2 ICD-9-CM
• Introduction
• History and Usage of ICD-9-CM
• How to Look Up a Term
• Tabular List
• V Codes and E Codes
• M Codes
• Categories, Subcategories, and Subclassifications
• Coding Conventions
• Review of the Basic Steps in Coding
• Procedural Coding with ICD-9-CM
• Infections
• HIV Infections
• Circulatory System Coding
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Using V Codes
• Obstetrical Coding
• Neoplasms
• E Coding
• Injuries
• Fractures
• Burns
• Poisoning versus Adverse Effects
• Complications
• Late Effects
• Official Coding Guidelines
• ICD-10-CM
• Procedures in ICD-10-CM
• Implementation of ICD-10-CM
• Web Sites Related to ICD-10-CM
• 3 HCPCS Level II
• Introduction
• History
• Format
• HCPCSII Hierarchy
• Code Revisions
• Index
• HCPCSII Chapter Details
• Accuracy Tips
• HCPCSII Medication Flow Chart
• 4 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Basics
• Introduction
• AAMA/CPT Code Book
• Symbols
• Unlisted Codes
• Sending Copies of Notes
• Illustrations
• Anesthesia
• CPT Surgical Guidelines
• Radiology and Pathology Guidelines
• Category II Codes
• Category III Codes
• CPT Errata
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix Ct- Clinical Examples
• Appendix D
• Appendix E
• Appendix F
• Appendix G
• Appendix H
• Appendix I
• Index
• Tips for Selecting a CPT Code
• 5 Evaluation and Management
• Introduction
• AMA/CPT Evaluation and Management (E/M) Guidelines
• Criteria of Documentation and E/M Code Selection per AMA/CPT
• More Details
• Time
• How to Select the C/M Code for the Most Common Encounters
• CMS 1995 Evaluation and Management Guidelines
• CMS 1997 Evaluation and Management Guidelines
• CPT Code Book
• 6 Anesthesia/General Surgery
• Introduction
• Anesthesia
• Types of Anesthesia
• Anesthesia Coding
• General Surgery
• The Respiratory System
• The Cardiovascular System
• The Hemic and Lymphatic Systems
• The Mediastinum and Diaphragm
• The Digestive System
• The Urinary System
• The Male Genital System
• Laparoscopy/Hysteroscopy
• The Nervous System
• The Eye and Ocular Adnexa
• The Auditory System
• 7 Integumentary System
• Introduction
• ICD-9-CM Code Selection
• Evaluation and Management Services for Integumentary/Skin
• Surgical Guidelines for Integumentary System
• Incision and Drainage
• Debridement
• Paring or Cutting
• Biopsy
• Removal of Skin Tags
• Lesion Removal or Destruction
• Nails
• Intralesional Injections and Tissue Expanders
• Repair (Closures)
• Graft Concepts and Tips
• Adjacent Tissue Transfer of Rearrangement
• Free Skin Grafts
• Flaps (Skin and/or Deep Tissues)
• Other Procedures
• Pressure Ulcers (Decubitus Uclers)
• Burns, Local Treatment
• Destruction
• Moh's Micrographic Surgery
• Breast Procedures
• Repair and/or Reconstruction
• 8 Orthopedics
• Introduction
• Fractures
• Dislocations
• Arthropathy
• Vertebral Disorders
• Sprains and Strains
• Other Conditions and Procedures
• 9 Cardiology and the Cardiovascular System
• Introduction
• Cardiac and Vascular Anatomy and Physiology
• ICD-9-CM Code Selection
• Cpt
• 90000 Series of CPT
• Intra-cardiac Electrophysiological Procedure/Studies
• Other Vascular Studies
• Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies
• 30000 Series of CPT
• Radiology
• Using Modifiers Effectively
• Considering an Unlisted Code û Category II
• Category II Codes
• 10 Ob/Gyn
• Introduction
• Unique Aspects of Coding OB/GYN
• Subspecialties of OB/GYN
• Anatomy and Physiology of the Female Reproductive System
• Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN)
• Obstetrics (OB)
• 11 Radiology, Pathology, and Laboratory
• Introduction
• Radiology
• CPT û Radiology