UB-04 Handbook for Hospital Billing, Without Answer Key: A Training Tool for Efficient Operations in Health Care Facilities

UB-04 Handbook for Hospital Billing, Without Answer Key: A Training Tool for Efficient Operations in Health Care Facilities
ISBN-10
1556483473
ISBN-13
9781556483479
Category
Health facilities
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
AHA Press
Author
Claudia Birkenshaw

Description

The first textbook that explains the differences between the UB-04 and the UB-92 and provides a global view of how the billing function should work in conjunction with the coding department.It helps health care providers maximize claim processing performance and revenue recovery and better manage their revenue cycle process. It provides accurate information about the UB-04 and explains how and why ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS code conventions must be integrated with UB-04, HCFA-1450 and CMS-1450 billing conventions. It teaches an individual how to complete a facility UB-04 billing form, and contains vignettes that explain the billing office process, its components and reporting nuances. It helps HIM staff understand that billing coding conventions are as important as ICD-9 coding conventions when sending a claim to a payer and ensures that members of accounting, admitting, and quality management departments understand how their contributions to the revenue cycle must be translated by billers. Contains an overview of basic payment methodologies, plus 65 quizzes without answers.

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