This book should be on the desk of every clinician, biller and coder in the country! No-nonsense advice supported by weblinks and a CD that answers the most pressing questions from physicians, practice mangers, bilkers and coders. - The "Rules" that help doctors get paid, not just the codes
- Organized alphabetically, by topic, for ease of use
- Relevance to all specialties
Rules explained in plain, easy-to-understand prose Each entry includes: - The definition of the service --Reimbursement rules related to the service
2006 RVUs - Clinical examples, when relevant
- Medical references, CPT rule references
The Field Guide to Physician Coding – Table of Contents - Introduction
- Accounts Receivable Benchmark Data
- Adjusted Collection Ratio
- Advance Beneficiary Notice
- Aging Report
- Allergen Immunotherapy
- Assistant at Surgery Services
- Care Plan Oversight - CPT Codes - Non-Medicare
- Care Plan Oversight for Medicare Patients
- Certification of Home Health Services
- Cerumen Removal
- CLIA Waived Tests
- Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT)
- Consolidated Nursing Home Billing
- Consultations Critical Care Services
- Days in Accounts Receivable
- Diagnosis coding
- Documentation Guidelines
- Emergency Department Visits
- Evaluation and Management Services and Profiles
- General Principles of Medical Record Documentation
- Global Surgical Package
- Gross Collection Ratio
- Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
- Hospital Discharge Services
- Hospital Initial Services, Inpatient
- Hospital Observation Services
- Hospital Subsequent Services
- Immunization administration for vaccinations
- Incident to Services--Medicare
- Legibility
- Local Coverage Determinations (LCD's)
- Locum Tenens Billing
- Medical Necessity
- Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Data Base (MFSDB)
- Mini Mental Status Exam
- Modifier 21
- Modifier 22
- Modifier 24
- Modifier 25
- Modifier 26
- Modifier 50
- Modifier 51
- Modifier 52
- Modifier 59
- Modifier 78 and Modifier 79
- Multiple Endoscopy Procedures
- Multiple Surgical Procedures
- National Coverage Determinations (NCDs)
- New Patient
- Nurse visit
- Nursing Facility Visits
- OIG Work Plan.
- Pay for Performance
- Pelvic and breast clinical exam
- Physician Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP)
- Pre-operative Exams
- Preventive Medicine Services
- Preventive Medicine Services--Medicare
- Prolonged Services
- Reciprocal Billing Arrangements
- Reviewing Medical Records
- Shared Visits (Medicare)
- Smoking Cessation Counseling
- Teaching Physician Rules Based on Time
- Teaching Physician Rules for Critical Care Services
- Teaching Physician Rules for Evaluation and Management Codes
- Teaching Physician Rules for Medical Students
- Teaching Physician Rules Primary Care Exception
- Teaching Physician Rules for Surgical Procedures
- Telephone calls
- Time Based Codes
- Welcome to Medicare
- Guide to Acronyms
- Field Notes from Gerald N. Rogan, MD
- CD-ROM with Citations List
- Index
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