NUR 808 - Billing and Coding for the Healthcare Professional

Admission to DNP or MSN program; students from other health care disciplines accepted with consent of instructor. (2)

Coding and billing for Nurse Practitioner and PA specialties. Topics include use of ICD diagnosis codes; information needed to code and bill a visit or encounter appropriately and to document to meet billing criteria; working with a billing department to generate monthly reports to improve billing and reimbursement; use of CPT codes for evaluation and management services appropriately. Graded ABCDE