HIM 238 - CPT Coding Insurance Billing

Institution:

Luzerne County Community College

Subject:

Health Information Management

Description:

This course will introduce the student to the support function of accounting and patient billing aspects of a medical practice. This course emphasizes practice in the assignment of valid Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes in an ambulatory care setting. Topics covered are evaluation and management services, anesthesia services and modifiers, the integumentary system, the musculoskeletal system, the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, female genital and maternity care and delivery, general surgery, radiology, pathology, laboratory, the medicine section and Level II national codes, as well as third party reimbursement issues.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.luzerne.edu

Phone Number:

(570) 740-0200

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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