Buck's Workbook for Step-by-Step Medical Coding, 2025 Edition

by Jackie Koesterman CPC, Elsevier

Overview

Build your coding skills with this practical workbook! Matching the chapters in the bestselling Buck’s Step-by-Step Medical Coding, this workbook offers coding review and practice with more than 1,200 theory, practical, and reporting exercises (odd-numbered answers provided). Included are 100 original source documents to familiarize you with reports similar to those you will encounter on the job. It’s a complete review of all the code sets covered in the text, including ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and inpatient coding!

• NEW! Updated content includes the latest coding information available
• UNIQUE! 100 real-world coding reports provide experience with reports similar to those you will encounter in practice
• Theory exercises include fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and true or false questions
• Practical exercises offer additional practice with line coding
• Coding answer format mirrors that of Buck’s main text (including icons to indicate when the learner must determine the number of codes to assign)
• Answers to odd-numbered questions are included in Appendix B, allowing you to check your accuracy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443248795
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	11/27/2024
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jackie L Koesterman, CPC, has been a Certified Professional Coder and Medical Assistant for over 25 years. Jackie has also served as an instructor at the Minnesota Northland Technical College in the medical clerical and medical assistant programs. Jackie is employed by a large medical health system as a Senior Coder III and Reimbursement Specialist, specializing in multi-specialty coding and multi-payer denial review in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She also serves as a trainer and mentor to the coders. Jackie performs audits for multi-specialties for private practice clinics in her area.

Table of Contents

1. Reimbursement, HIPAA, and Compliance
2. An Overview of ICD-10-CM
3. ICD-10-CM Outpatient Coding and Reporting Guidelines
4. Using ICD-10-CM
5. Chapter-Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 1-10)
6. Chapter-Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 11-14)
7. Chapter-Specific Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Chapters 15-22)
8. Introduction to CPT
9. Introduction to the Level II National Codes (HCPCS)
10. Modifiers
11. Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services
12. Anesthesia
13. Surgery Guidelines and General Surgery
14. Integumentary System
15. Musculoskeletal System
16. Respiratory System
17. Cardiovascular System
18. Hemic, Lymphatic, Mediastinum, and Diaphragm
19. Digestive System
20. Urinary and Male Genital Systems
21. Reproductive, Intersex Surgery, Female Genital System, and Maternity Care and Delivery
22. Endocrine and Nervous Systems
23. Eye, Ocular Adnexa, Auditory, and Operating Microscope
24. Radiology
25. Pathology/Laboratory
26. Medicine
27. Inpatient Coding

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From the Publisher

Master coding concepts from Buck’s Step-by-Step text with practical exercises in this hands-on workbook