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Using Medical Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms on the Job
As we have determined, there are many terms, abbreviations, and acronyms that health care professionals need to know and understand as part of their job responsibilities. It is important for you to familiarize yourself with the most common terms that a medical coder and billing specialist would be exposed to.
Explore common medical abbreviations and acronyms used by coders and billers as it relates to insurance and reimbursement.
Include the following aspects in the assignment:
Using Chapter 20 of 3-2-1 Code It, determine which application and layout will work best to create resource. This may be a Word document using a chart or table, an Excel sheet, PowerPoint slide. or other application of your choice.
Select ten insurance and reimbursement abbreviations or acronyms that you feel you should be familiar with
Define each of your selectionsÂ
Explain why you would need to know this information
Discuss two strategies that you could use to help you increase your understanding and “library” of terms
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HP 212B