Overview
The ABC Codes are built upon the belief that this system greatly improves the entrance of CAM and expanded nursing services into mainstream healthcare. The codes provide the infrastructure needed for insurance companies to measure the effectiveness of these services side by side with conventional medicine treatments, thus facilitating responsible patient access to integrated healthcare. This coding system fulfills the need of CAM and nurse providers to accurately communicate procedures and services. The ABC Codes were also built to meet the business requirements of practitioners who file their own electronic healthcare claims to insurance companies. The CAM and Nursing Coding Manual provides a complete overview of the structure codes, samples of the HCFA 1550 and IB-92 forms, how insurance companies use codes, how the system works to support CAM and Nursing, and much more.
Synopsis
The ABC codes are the only patented medical billing and claims processing system designed for non-physician and alternative medicine providers. This reference for health care providers shows how to implement the ABC codes. It offers an overview on use of the codes, explains the code structure, and shows how to use the codes with the HCFA 1500 and UB-92 forms. The bulk of the book lists and briefly defines codes for clinical practice charges, multi-specialty treatments, practice specialties, laboratory and in-office procedures, supplies, nutritional supplements, herbs and botanicals, homeopathic preparations, and nursing. Useful for practitioners in areas including acupuncture, body work, clinical nutrition, chiropractic, midwifery, naturopathic medicine, and somatic re-education.
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