Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2023/2024 Edition - E-Book


Book Description

Master advanced coding skills! Buck’s The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing shows how to code for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Real-world cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) takes your coding proficiency a step further by providing hands-on practice with physician documentation. With this guide, you’ll learn to pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and properly audit cases. Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on the job by using actual medical records, allowing you to practice coding with advanced material. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. More than 150 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts. Coverage of CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes. From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2024 code updates when released.




Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2021/2022 Edition


Book Description

Master advanced coding skills! Buck’s The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing shows how to code for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Real-world cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) takes your coding proficiency a step further by providing hands-on practice with physician documentation. With this guide, you’ll learn to pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and properly audit cases. Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on the job by using actual medical records, allowing students to practice coding with advanced material. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. More than 150 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts. From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2022 code updates when released. NEW! Coverage of CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes.







Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2019/2020 Edition E-Book


Book Description

Master advanced coding skills! Buck’s The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing shows how to code for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Real-world cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) takes your coding proficiency a step further by providing hands-on practice with physician documentation. With this guide, you’ll learn to pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and properly audit cases. Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on the job by using actual medical records, allowing you to practice coding with advanced material. UNIQUE! From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. Over 170 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts.




Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2023/2024 Edition - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)


Book Description

Approx. 546 pages Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on the job by using actual medical records, allowing you to practice coding with advanced material. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. More than 150 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts. Coverage of CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes. From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2024 code updates when released.




Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2021/2022 Edition - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)


Book Description

Approx. 546 pages Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on the job by using actual medical records, allowing students to practice coding with advanced material. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. More than 150 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts. From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. NEW! Coding updates include the latest information available, including 2022 code updates when released. NEW! Coverage of CPT E/M guidelines changes for office and other outpatient codes.




The Next Step


Book Description

Learning advanced medical coding is easy with Carol J. Buck's proven, step-by-step method! The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2014 Edition helps you master coding skills for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Patient cases reflect actual medical records and give you real-world experience with advanced coding. Enhance your decision-making skills and learn to confidently pull the right information from documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, properly audit cases, and prepare for the transition to ICD-10 with the help of coding author and educator Carol J. Buck! Realistic patient cases simulate the professional coding experience by using actual medical records (with personal patient details changed or removed), allowing you to practice coding with advanced material. Dual coding addresses the transition to ICD-10 by providing coding answers for both ICD-9 and ICD-10. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) Audit Forms, developed to determine the correct E/M codes, simplify the coding process and help to ensure accuracy. Auditing cases prepare you to assign correct codes to complicated records, as well as audit records for accuracy. From the Trenches boxes highlight the experiences of real-life medical coders and provide practical tips, advice, and encouragement. UNIQUE! Netter anatomy plates in each chapter help you understand anatomy and how it affects coding. More than 160 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced concepts. Updated content includes the latest coding information available, to promote accurate coding and success on the job.




The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2017/2018 Edition - E-Book


Book Description

Mastering advanced medical coding skills is easier with Carol J. Buck's proven, step-by-step method! The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2017/2018 Edition shows how to code for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Real-world cases take your outpatient coding skills a step further by providing hands-on practice with physician documentation. With this guide from coding author and educator Carol J. Buck, you will learn to confidently pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and properly audit cases. Real-world patient cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the first year of coding on the job by using actual medical records. UNIQUE! From the Trenches boxes highlight the real-life experiences of professional medical coders and include photographs, quotes, practical tips, and advice. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) audit forms include clear coding instructions to help reduce errors in determining the correct level of service. Nearly 200 full-color illustrations depict and clarify advanced coding concepts. Coding updates and tips are also provided on the Evolve companion website. UPDATED content includes the latest coding information available, for accurate coding and success on the job. NEW! Additional Netter’s anatomy illustrations provide visual orientation and enhance understanding of specific coding situations.




The Next Step


Book Description

Learning advanced medical coding concepts is easy with Carol J. Buck's proven, step-by-step method! The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding, 2012 Edition provides an in-depth understanding of physician-based medical coding and coding services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Patient cases reflect actual medical records -- with personal details changed or removed -- and give you real-world experience coding from physical documentation with advanced material. Enhance your clinical decision-making skills and learn to confidently pull the right information from documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, properly audit cases, and prepare for the 2013 transition to ICD-10-CM with the help of Carol J. Buck! Carol J. Buck's proven step-by-step approach guides you through difficult concepts in the most direct, straightforward manner to ensure complete understanding. Realistic patient cases simulate the professional coding experience by using actual medical records (with personal patient details changed or removed), allowing you to practice coding with advanced material. Dual Coding prepares you for the switch to ICD-10 by accompanying all ICD-9 answers with corresponding codes from ICD-10-CM. More than 160 illustrations and a full-color design make advanced concepts more accessible and visually engaging. UNIQUE! Evaluation and Management (E/M) Audit Forms, developed to determine the correct E/M codes, simplify the coding process and help you ensure accuracy. From the Trenches boxes in each chapter highlight real-life medical coders and provide practical tips, advice, and encouragement. Updated content reflects the latest developments in coding so you can practice with the most current information. Auditing cases in every chapter offer realistic experience with auditing coded reports. UNIQUE! Netter anatomy plates in each chapter help you understand anatomy and how it affects coding.