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Physician Coding Exam Review 2013

The Certification Step with ICD-9-CM

  • 1st Edition - December 11, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Carol J. Buck
  • Language: English

Build the confidence to succeed on the AAPC CPC® certification exam and take your medical coding career to the next step with CPC® Coding Exam Review 2013: The Certification Ste… Read more

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Build the confidence to succeed on the AAPC CPC® certification exam and take your medical coding career to the next step with CPC® Coding Exam Review 2013: The Certification Step with ICD-9-CM! Reflecting the expert insight of leading coding educator Carol J. Buck, this complete exam review guides you step-by-step through all of the content covered on the CPC® exam, including anatomy and terminology for each organ system; reimbursement concepts; an overview of CPT, ICD-9-CM, and HCPCS coding; and more. Plus, two practice exams and a final exam modeled on the actual CPC® exam simulate the exam experience to give you a head start on certification success.

Key features

  • Comprehensive review content based on the AAPC CPC®
    •  exam covers everything you need to know to pass your exams.

  • Companion Evolve website

    •  includes a pre-exam and post-exam with answers and rationales that allow you to track your learning, identify areas where you need more study, and overcome test anxiety.

  • A final exam

    •  located in the text simulates the actual testing experience you’ll encounter when you take the CPC® exam.

  • Concise outline format
    •  helps you quickly access key information and study more efficiently.

Table of contents

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Course Syllabus and Student Calendar

Unit 1: Anatomy, Terminology, and Pathophysiology

  1. Integumentary System

  2. Musculoskeletal System

  3. Respiratory System

  4. Cardiovascular System

  5. Female Genital System and Pregnancy

  6. Male Genital System

  7. Urinary System

  8. Digestive System

  9. Mediastinum and Diaphragm

  10. Hemic and Lymphatic System

  11. Endocrine System

  12. Nervous System

  13. Senses

  14. Unit 1 Quiz Answers

Unit 2: Reimbursement Issues

  1. Reimbursement Issues

  2. National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)

  3. Federal Register

  4. Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO)

  5. Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS)

  6. Medicare Fraud and Abuse

  7. Managed Health Care

  8. Reimbursement Terminology

  9. Reimbursement Quiz

  10. Reimbursement Quiz Answers

    11. Unit 3: Overview of CPT, ICD-9-CM, and HCPCS Coding

    1. Introduction to Medical Coding

    2. CPT

    3. HCPCS Coding

    4. An Overview of the ICD-9-CM

    5. Using the ICD-9-CM

      6. Unit 4: Coding Challenge

      1. Examinations

      2. Pre-Examination and Post-Examination

      3. Final Examination

        4. 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

        Product details

        • Edition: 1
        • Latest edition
        • Published: December 11, 2012
        • Language: English

        About the author

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        Carol J. Buck

        Affiliations and expertise
        Former Program Director, Medical Secretarial Programs, Northwest Technical College, East Grand Forks, MN