With expert guidance and over 400 illustrations and graphics, Hospital Billing and Coding: A Comprehensive Presentation covers every facet of hospital insurance and billing, from check-in to discharge. This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive approach prepares students to meet the growing need for hospital billing and coding professionals by transitioning students’ knowledge from the physician/outpatient environment to the hospital environment. Students will gain a solid understanding of the hospital regulatory setting, including the structure and function of hospital departments, patient accounts and data flow, the billing process, coding, claim forms, reimbursement, HIPAA, and much more. * Includes over 400 illustrations and graphics to bring important concepts to life. * Skills and concepts presented in early chapters are utilized throughout later chapters. * Test-your-knowledge exercises reinforce lessons as students move forward in the text. * Review exercises at the end of each chapter further reinforce essential information. * Actual hospital cases offer students an opportunity to apply the concepts used throughout the chapters to real-life scenarios. * A department-by-department overview of hospital structure provides detailed coverage of how hospitals really work. * Software exercises drawn from relevant source documents — such as application of registration; Charge Description Master (CDM); and Patient Invoice — simulate a hospital billing and coding environment and provide an alternative method of learning relevant procedures.