MEDICAL CODING DECODED:
A Simple Guide to Understanding and Applying Medical Codes in Your Practice
Dr. Charlotte Akor
MEDICAL CODING DECODED:
Mastering billing and coding is a challenge. There are a lot of rules that change daily, monthly, and yearly. In residency and fellowship, we are busy learning how to take care of the patient. Countless hours are spent studying, rounding on patients, taking calls, and taking exams. Very little time is spent on educating physicians on how to bill and code for their work. The foundation of billing and coding is the basis of our paycheck.
I have been practicing general and pediatric ophthalmology for over a decade. It has taken me a long time to understand the rules of billing and coding and grow my paycheck. We all work hard and we should be compensated for that work. Since most medical schools and post-graduate programs offer little training in this key non-clinical aspect of the medical practice, I want to share tools to help you learn to bill and code so that you reap the rewards of your hard work.
I wrote this book with my fellow physicians in mind, to help bridge this important gap in sustaining your medical practice. MEDICAL CODING DECODED: A SIMPLE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING MEDICAL CODES IN YOUR PRACTICE provides practical advice on how to bill and code and to instruct your staff on how to bill and code. This book discusses many of the key areas of billing and coding. It also helps physicians avoid audits by educating them on how to avoid common mistakes.
Medical Compensation Decoded: A Simple Guide for New Ophthalmologists to Understanding Billing, Coding, and Collections
Dr. Charlotte Akor
Practicing medicine has become more complicated due to constantly changing rules and regulations. Many young ophthalmologist are not prepared for what’s ahead because they did not learn about the business side of medicine in their residency training. I want to empower new physicians who are committed to learning and understanding their craft.
I have been practicing general and pediatric ophthalmology for over a decade. It has taken me a long time to understand the rules of the business side of medicine. Within the pages of this book, I have tried along with my five contributing authors to share the knowledge amassed from a variety of clinical practice setting. This books has many with tried-and-true insights and methods which were sometimes learned the hard way. This book helps the young ophthalmologist successfully navigate insurance, modifiers, telemedicine, money collections and more.
MEDICAL COMPENSATION DECODED teaches those starting out in the medical field what seasoned medical professionals which someone had taken the time to tell them.