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Comprehensive health insurance: billing, coding, and reimbursement. / Deborah Vines ... [et al.]. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. - xxi, 922 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 887) and index.

Contents: Introduction to professional billing and coding careers -- Understanding managed care: insurance plans -- Understanding managed care: medical contracts and ethics -- ICD-9-CM medical coding -- Introduction to CPT and place of service coding -- Coding procedures and services -- HCPCS and coding compliance -- Physician medical billing -- Hospital medical billing -- Medicare medical billing -- Medicaid medical billing -- TRICARE medical billing -- Explanation of benefits and payment adjudication -- Refunds and appeals -- Workers' compensation -- Electronic medical claims processing --


System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: for Windows 2000 or newer and Macintosh OSX.

ISBN: 9780132368155 (pbk.) 0132368153 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007043994

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA849278 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014568139 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medical fees.
Nosology--Code numbers.
Health insurance claims--Code numbers.
Health insurance claims processing industry.
Forms and Records Control--methods.
Insurance Claim Reporting.
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement.
Patient Credit and Collection--methods.

LC Class. No.: R728.5.C67

Dewey Class. No.: 616.890071/1

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W 80 / C737 2008