Paper on ICD-9-CM‚ CPT‚ and HCPCS Coding By: Crystal Farrell The International Classification of Diseases‚ Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)‚ is used in assigning codes to diagnoses associated with inpatient‚ outpatient‚ and physician office utilization in the U.S. Volume 1: The numeric listing of diseases‚ classified by etiology and anatomical system‚ as well as a classification of other reasons for encounters and causes of injury. This is called the tabular section of ICD-9-CM. Volume 1
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Alzheimer’s Disease Jennifer Wlos HCA/220 August 19‚ 2012 Dawn Tesner‚ DHEd‚ CPhT Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurologic disease of the brain leading to the irreversible loss of neurons and the loss of intellectual abilities‚ including memory and reasoning‚ which become severe enough to forgetting social or occupational functioning. Alzheimer’s disease is also known as simply Alzheimer’s‚ and also Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT). I chose
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Kelly Floridia Medical Records Documentation January 18‚ 2013 HCR / 220 Page 1 Compliance plans are in place to insure the medical facilities are following any official requirements. Some areas which are included in a compliance plan are staff education and training‚ early detection of problems in the facility‚ and avoidance of negative legal actions. The steps in the medical billing process that are covered in a compliance plan are steps five reviewing
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The patient intake process is gathering accurate information for billing and medical care for new and established patients. New patients are patients that have not been to the medical practice before or within three years. These new patients need to complete many forms before their first appointment with a physician. An established patient is a patient that has been to the practice and seen a provider within the past three years. Established patients review and update information that is on file
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CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes are broke down into three different categories. Even though each category is easy to remember the names it can be difficult to remember what codes are included with each of those categories. The names of categories are Category I¸ Category II and Category III. Each category is related to different types of codes. Category I codes have five digits with no decimals and are used the most often. Each code has a descriptor which describes what each code
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MISSIE DUNLAP HSM/220 MELISSA ELLISON WEEK 8 3/3/2013 The purpose of a performance appraisal is for evaluations and development purposes for companies. This is a big factor for employees when they are looking for someone to fill a position as well as the performance of the company and the people they employee and work with. Some of the key factors of a performance appraisal are communication‚ manage performance‚ set standards‚ and equal opportunity. You want to make sure that your
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1. A 54-year-old patient is seen by the physician in the outpatient clinic setting for CLL that is currently in remission. The patient’s WBC counts‚ particularly lymphocytes remain within normal limits 2. Susan Oster‚ 45‚ is admitted to the hospital with a temperature of 38.5º C‚ heart rate 102 beats/min‚ respiration 20/min with septicemia and SIRS. WBC 12‚500. Documentation states respiratory and acute hepatic failure are due to septicemia. 3. OPERATIVE REPORT PATIENT: Mara Bell Lee PHYSICIAN:
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Internal Cash Control Iasia Goodson ACC/220 June 27‚ 2010 Jaclyn Strauss Internal Cash Control The weaknesses in the scenario E4-5 are huge. The first one is the fact that the company checks are not prenumbered‚ how will you keep track of what check was written and what it was written for. Another weakness would be that the purchasing agent and the treasurer are authorized to issue checks that are kept in an unlocked file cabinet. There is so much room for theft here; as well
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Evaluating Compliance Strategies LaTasha T. Brookins-Tate HCR 220 AXIA College of University of Phoenix Medical billing and coding happens to be a bit more meticulous and complicated than numerous individuals outside of the medical field would be aware of. Since there are many requirements and also the numbers of various insurance agencies‚ Medicare health insurance in addition to Medicaid most of include distinct requirements among themselves it could become too much to handle for the payment
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Medical Billing Process Brittany Campbell HCR/220 September 1‚ 2013 Lydia Cavieux There are ten steps included in the billing process and are used to help process the patient’s information from preregistration to the follow up payments. Each patient has the responsibility to pay for their services once they have received care from a facility by themselves or an insurance company. Many different health insurance companies that may help an individual cover their medical expenses or even pay
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