Comprehensive Health Insurance: Billing, Coding & Reimbursement

by Deborah Vines, Deborah Vines Allen, Ann Braceland

For courses in Introduction to Healthcare Billing and Medical Coding. COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH BILLING, CODING & REIMBURSEMENT, 2/e provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to work in a variety of medical billing and coding positions in the medical field. Comprehensive in approach, it covers the foundations of insurance, billing, coding and reimbursement. Students learn not only the submission of claims to the insurance carrier, but also reviewing medical records, verifying patient benefits, submitting a secondary claim, posting payments and appealing the insurance carrier's decision. This edition includes new chapters devoted to HIPAA and ICD-10-CM Medical Coding, as well as outstanding coverage of electronic records. Numerous case studies and patient files are included throughout and demonstrate refunds and appeals, auditing and compliance, Medicare calculations and professionalism.

961 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 2012