New to this edition
- NEW! Real-world, physician-based coding cases provide extra practice and preparation for the CPC exam.
Author Information
By Carol J. Buck, MS, CPC, CCS-P, Former Program Director, Medical Secretarial Programs, Northwest Technical College, East Grand Forks, MN
Success Strategies
Course Syllabus and Student Calendar
Unit 1: Anatomy, Terminology, and Pathophysiology
- Integumentary System
- Musculoskeletal System
- Respiratory System
- Cardiovascular System
- Female Genital System and Pregnancy
- Male Genital System
- Urinary System
- Digestive System
- Mediastinum and Diaphragm
- Hemic and Lymphatic System
- Endocrine System
- Nervous System
- Senses
- Unit 1 Quiz Answers
Unit 2: Reimbursement Issues
- Reimbursement Issues
- National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)
- Federal Register
- Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO)
- Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS)
- Medicare Fraud and Abuse
- Managed Health Care
- Reimbursement Terminology
- Reimbursement Quiz
- Reimbursement Quiz Answers
Unit 3: Overview of CPT, ICD-9-CM, and HCPCS Coding
- Introduction to Medical Coding
- CPT
- HCPCS Coding
- An Overview of the ICD-9-CM
- Using the ICD-9-CM
Unit 4: Coding Challenge
- Examinations
- Pre-Examination and Post-Examination
- Final Examination
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Medical Terminology
Appendix C: Combining Forms
Appendix D: Prefixes
Appendix E: Suffixes
Appendix F: Abbreviations
Appendix G: Further Text Resources
Appendix H: Practice Exercises Answers and Rationales
