Buck's the Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2025/2026 Edition - Couverture souple

Elsevier Inc; Koesterman CPC, Jackie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 044324880X ISBN 13 : 9780443248801

Editeur : Churchill Livingstone, 2025

Synopsis

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.

• NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2026 code updates when released
• 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

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jackie L Koesterman, CPC, has been a Certified Professional Coder and Medical Assistant for over 25 years. Jackie has also served as an instructor at the Minnesota Northland Technical College in the medical clerical and medical assistant programs. Jackie is employed by a large medical health system as a Senior Coder III and Reimbursement Specialist, specializing in multi-specialty coding and multi-payer denial review in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She also serves as a trainer and mentor to the coders. Jackie performs audits for multi-specialties for private practice clinics in her area.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Churchill Livingstone
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 044324880X
• ISBN 13: 9780443248801
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Coordonnées du fabricant: ELSEVIER; https://www.elsevier.com/es-es; ; Mooswaldallee 6; Freiburg; 79108; Allemagne