title: Emergency department coding and billing.
abstract: ED coding and billing are challenging additions to the responsibilities of emergency physicians. Assurances that each is performed in the most efficient and accurate manner possible is an essential component of today's emergency medicine practice. Minimizing the risk for submitting fraudulent claims is critical, because it assures the efficient and timely billing of all ED services. For the practice to thrive, each is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Medical Management Resources, Inc./Team Health, 8001 Belfort Parkway, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 32256, USA. caral_edelberg@teamhealth.com
authors.forename: Caral
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edelberg
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000458:organization & administration*; D039702:Current Procedural Terminology; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States