UB-04 Handbook for Hospital Billing, Without Answer Key
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...
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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.
List of Figures and Tables About the Author Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Introduction Chapter 1 The Critical Importance of the Billing Process Chapter 2 Introduction to the Uniform Bill and Other Billing Forms Part II. The UB Manual and the UB-04 Chapter 3 The UB Manual and Form Locators 1-4 Chapter 4 Form Locators 5-41 Chapter 5 Form Locators 42-49, Revenue Codes Chapter 6 Form Locators 50-81 Part III. Billing Practice Chapter 7 Hospital Outpatient Billing Chapter 8 Hospital Inpatient Billing Chapter 9 Other Facilities Using the UB Part IV. Third-Party Payers and Patient Accounting Issues Chapter 10 The Billing Team and Medicare Chapter 11 The Billing Team and Non-Medicare Payers Chapter 12 Key Departments in the Revenue Cycle Appendix. The Path from UB-92 to UB-04 Glossary Index Answer Key
