Valerius, Joanne  <br/><br/>
Medical Insurance :  a guide to coding and reimbursement / 
Joanne Valerius, Nenna Bayes, Cynthia Newby, CPC. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Boston :  McGraw Hill Higher Education,  c2005. 
 - xiv,562 p. :   ill. (col.) ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index.  Includes glossary. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to the medical billing process -- HIPAA and medical records -- Patient encounters and billing information -- Diagnostic coding : introduction to ICD-9-CM -- Procedural coding : introduction to CPT -- Procedural coding : introduction to HCPCS -- Visit charges and compliant billing -- Health care claim preparation and transmission -- Private payers/Blue Cross and Blue Shield -- Medicare -- Medicaid -- TRICARE and CHAMPVA -- Workers' compensation and disability -- Payments (RAs/EOBs), appeals, and secondary claims -- Patient billing and collections -- Hospital billing and reimbursement -- Primary case studies -- RA/EOB/secondary case studies. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073402031 (alk. paper) 0073402036 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008053422 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Health insurance.<br/>Health insurance claims--United States.<br/>Health insurance--United States.<br/>Insurance, Health--United States.<br/>Insurance Claim Reporting--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>368.382  / VAL