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2. Current Procedural Terminology - Wikipedia

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   The Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). It is maintained by the CPT Editorial Panel. [1] The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among ...

3. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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   The acronym HCPCS originally stood for HCFA Common Procedure Coding System, a medical billing process used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to 2001, CMS was known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). HCPCS was established in 1978 to provide a standardized coding system for describing the specific ...

4. Medical billing - Wikipedia

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   Medical billing is a payment practice within the United States healthcare system. The process involves the systematic submission and processing of healthcare claims for reimbursement. Once the services are provided, the healthcare provider creates a detailed record of the patient's visit, including the diagnoses, procedures performed, and any ...

5. Help for Medical Billing Errors - WebMD

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   Clerical errors are also common. Johnson once found a $1,004 charge for a toothbrush. "The hospital said it was a mistake, a typo. It's very easy to make those kinds of mistakes," Johnson says ...

6. Saint Louis Medical Clinic in St. Louis, MO - WebMD

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   Currently Saint Louis Medical Clinic's 27 physicians cover 21 specialty areas of medicine. Mon 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. Tue 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. Wed 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.

7. Drug Interaction Checker - Find Interactions Between Medications

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   The main types are: Drug-drug interaction. This is when a medication reacts with one or more other drugs. For example, taking a cough medicine ( antitussive) and a drug to help you sleep (sedative ...

8. Hospital Bills and Overcharging - Healthline

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   Yet the hospital did — and other charges piled up, too. $7,000 for a delivery room. Over $4,000 for the doctor who hadn’t even been at the birth. $25 for two Tylenol, and more. “We had a ...

9. Clinical coder - Wikipedia

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   Medical billing, Nosology. A clinical coder —also known as clinical coding officer, diagnostic coder, medical coder, or nosologist —is a health information professional whose main duties are to analyse clinical statements and assign standardized codes using a classification system. The health data produced are an integral part of health ...