Orthopedic Coding Guides for Asc'sHC Pro, Inc., 2005 - 162 pages |
Contents
About the author | v |
Freestanding ASC Medicare coding requirements | viii |
HIPAAs impact on medical coding | 23 |
Freestanding ASC Medicare billing requirements | 37 |
Orthopedic coding case studies | 51 |
Orthopedic terminology | 65 |
Exercises | 115 |
Exercise answer key | 157 |
Common terms and phrases
Achilles tendon American Medical Association and/or pathology report anterior cruciate ligament appropriate CPT surgery assign the appropriate biopsy bone substitutes e.g. CCI edits code set CODING TIP compartment CPT Assistant CPT code CPT surgery code(s cruciate ligament Date of service debridement diagnosis code diagnostic knee arthroscopy distal excision flexor following operative report fracture HCPCS Level health plan healthcare HIPAA implant incision initial surgical exposure injection Integral procedure(s internal fixation lateral lateral meniscus Level II codes loose bodies manipulation under anesthesia Marcaine medial Medical record Medicare meniscectomy meniscus methylmethacrylate modifier modifier(s operating room operative report and/or Operative report Preoperative orthosis osteochondritis osteochondritis dissecans osteophyte osteotomy patient payment performed portal posterior Postoperative diagnosis prepped and draped procedure codes Procedure description proximal radial report and/or pathology report Preoperative diagnosis rotator cuff rotator cuff tear shaver shoulder subacromial sutures synovectomy synovium synthetic bone substitutes tear tourniquet ulnar unlisted procedure Vicryl wrist