Principles of Coding and Reimbursement for Surgeons

This text provides the in-depth understanding of the mechanisms that guide coding and reimbursement. The text is meant to be useful to surgeons in practice, both in general surgery and in surgical subspecialties; practice management teams of surgical practices and to resident physicians in surgery....

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Savarise, Mark (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Senkowski, Christopher (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Section I: History
  • Section II: ICD Coding
  • ICD-9 Coding
  • ICD-10 Coding
  • Section III: CPT
  • The CPT Process and Panel
  • CPT Application
  • Section IV: The RUC
  • Harvard Study and the Evolution of the RVU
  • History of the RUC
  • RVU Valuation Process
  • How RVU have been Used for Physician Benchmarking
  • Section V: Reimbursement
  • CMS and the SGR
  • Copays, Deductibles, Out of Pocket
  • Billing and Collections
  • Section VI: APC, DRGs and Hospital Reimbursement
  • Medicare Part A
  • DRG-Based Payment, CCs and MCCs and APCs
  • How ASCs are Reimbursed Differently
  • Durable Medical Equipment
  • Section VII: Alternative Payment Schemes
  • Bundled Payment Models
  • Accountable Care Organizations
  • Pay for Performance
  • Section VIII: Quality Measures
  • PQRS, SCIP and Other Existing Measures
  • Pay for Performance
  • Section IX: Specific Coding Issues
  • Evaluation and Management
  • Skin and Soft Tissue Procedures
  • Breast
  • Vascular
  • GI
  • Laparoscopy
  • Bariatric
  • Colon and Rectal
  • Abdominal Wall
  • Oncology
  • Transplant
  • Trauma and Critical Care
  • Endoscopy.