TY - BOOK AU - Valerius, Joanne AU - Bayes,Nenna AU - Newby,CPC,Cynthia . TI - Medical Insurance: a guide to coding and reimbursement SN - 9780073402031 (alk. paper) U1 - 368.382 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw Hill Higher Education KW - Health insurance KW - Health insurance claims KW - United States KW - Insurance, Health KW - Insurance Claim Reporting N1 - Includes index; Includes glossary; 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 ER -