Step By Step Medical Coding 2005

Take your first step toward a successful career in medical coding with guidance from the most trusted name in coding education! From Carol J. Buck, the bestselling Step-by-Step Medical Coding is a practical, easy-to-use resource that shows you exactly how to code using all current coding sets. Practice exercises follow each ‘step’ of information to reinforce your understanding of important concepts. In-depth coverage includes reimbursement, ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and inpatient coding, with an Evolve website that includes 30-day access to TruCode® Encoder Essentials. No other text so thoroughly covers all coding sets in one source! 30-day access to TruCode® Encoder Essentials (in addition to separate encoder practice exercises on the Evolve companion website) help you understand how to utilize an encoder. A step-by-step approach makes it easier to build skills and remember the material. UNIQUE! Real-world coding reports (cleared of any confidential information) simulate the reports you will encounter as a coder and help you apply coding principles to actual cases. Over 500 illustrations include medical conditions and procedures to help you understand the services being coded. Exercises, Quick Checks, and Toolbox features reinforce coding rules and concepts, and emphasize key information. Valuable tips and advice are offered in features such as From the Trenches, Coding Shots, Stop!, Caution!, Check This Out, and CMS Rules. UNIQUE! Four coding-question variations develop your coding ability and critical thinking skills, including one-code or multiple-code answers. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting boxes allow you to read the official guidelines wording for inpatient and outpatient coding alongside in-text explanations. UNIQUE! Coders’ Index makes it easy to quickly locate specific codes. Sample Electronic Health Record screenshots in the appendix provide examples similar to the EHRs you will encounter in the workplace. Online practice activities on Evolve include questions such as multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and coding reports. A workbook corresponds to the textbook and offers review and practice with more than 1,200 theory, practical, and report exercises (odd-numbered answers provided in appendix) to reinforce understanding of medical coding. Available separately. Medical Coding Online uses animations, photographs, drawings, narrated slide shows, case-based exercises, pop-up definitions, and professional insights to reinforce coding concepts from the Step-by-Step text. Available separately.

Build your coding skills with this practical workbook! Matching the chapters in the bestselling Buck’s Step-by-Step Medical Coding, this workbook offers coding review and practice with more than 1,200 theory, practical, and reporting exercises. Included are 100 original source documents to familiarize you with reports similar to those you will encounter on the job. It’s a complete review of all the code sets covered in the text, including ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and inpatient coding! UNIQUE! 100 real-world coding reports (cleared of all confidential information) simulate the reports students will encounter as coders and help them apply coding principles to actual cases. Theory exercises include fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and true or false questions. Practical exercises offer additional practice with line coding. Coding answer format mirrors that of Buck’s main text (including icons to indicate when the learner must determine the number of codes to assign). NEW! Updated content reflects the latest coding information available. NEW! Answers to all questions are now included in Appendix B.

This resource represents a complete course on coding, combining content, self-study, and assessment into one product that can be immediately implemented as part of an institution's distance learning program, or used to enhance a traditional classroom. Unlike many online courses, which are actually supplemental enhancements to the text, the online component of this product guides learners through the content, directing them to read from the text at appropriate intervals. The course is organized by modules that parallel the text's table of contents. The interactive review and exercises at the end of each chapter includes more self-comprehension questions as well as a unique case-based activity designed specifically for medical coding. The institution and instructor may choose the WebCT or Blackboard version of the course if they would like to host it themselves. If your institution does not have a WebCT or Blackboard license, Elsevier will host the course for them within the Evolve Learning System.

This money saving package includes Step-By-Step Medical Coding 2011 Edition Textbook and Workbook.

- Buck: Step-By-Step Medical Coding 2005 Edition, 1e (1-4160-0129-8) - Buck: Medical Coding Online (Home) to Accompany Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2005 (User Guide and Access Code), 1e (1-4160-0220-0) - Buck: Saunders 2005 ICD-9-CM, Vols. 1, 2 & 3 and HCPCS Level II, 1e (1-4160-0138-7)

Original source documents provide real-world experience to prepare for employers' expectations and to practice with actual medical record documentation. The workbook provides more than 1,000 questions and terminology exercises, as well as over 80 original source documents.

Step-by-Step Medical Coding takes a practical approach to training students for a career in medical coding. It begins with an introduction to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), followed by in-depth explanations of the sections found in the CPT manual. Several chapters, organized to follow the CPT codes by body system, introduce various procedures and demonstrate how to code each one. Practice exercises following each step of information and at the end of each unit reinforce important concepts and allow users to check their comprehension. Unit 2 covers the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD 9-CM), and Unit 3 offers information about third party reimbursement. Appendices provide the official ICD-9-CM guidelines for coding and reporting, answers to the in-text exercises, and the documentation guidelines for E/M services. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details. Repetition of skills in each chapter reinforces material, and creates a logical progression to for easy learning, as well as illustrating skill integration In-text exercises throughout each chapter immediately reinforce the coding rules and concepts, emphasizing the step-by-step organization of the book Medical procedures or conditions are illustrated and discussed in the text help readers understand the services being coded. From the Trenches feature highlights a different real-life medical coding practitioner in each chapter, with photographs throughout the chapter alongside quotes that offer practical advice or motivational comments. Coding Shots contain tips for the new coder. Stop! notes offer a brief summary of material that was just covered and provide a transition to the next topic. Caution! notes warn students of common coding mistakes and reinforce the concept of coding as an exact science. Check This Out boxes offer notes relevant to the coding profession. Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines boxes in the chapter on Using the ICD-9-CM contain excerpts of the actual guidelines so the reader can see the official wording presented alongside discussions of that topic in the text. Format for answers includes four response variations: one answer blank for coding questions that require a one-code answer; multiple answer blanks for coding questions that require a multiple-code answer; identifiers next to the blank(s) guide readers through the most difficult coding scenarios; and answer blanks with a preceding symbol prompt the reader to decide the number of codes necessary to correctly answer the question. New illustrations enhance the quality of the text and illustrate the most important coding concepts. Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services has been added as an appendix. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting boxes in the chapter on Using the ICD-9-CM (chapter 15) have been modified to visually indicate inpatient vs. outpatient use based on the 2003 changes to the guidelines. Expanded glossary familiarizes new coders with important terms. Concrete, real-life examples demonstrate the application of important coding principles and practices, such as financial losses that can result from inappropriate coding. Updated, improved chapter learning objectives and end-chapter review questions help readers focus on essential chapter content.