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Helpful Links
The following is a collection of links that our instructors find helpful in researching coding, billing, compliance and Medicare questions. Set this page as your homepage for a convenient short cut to valuable research tools!
HCPro Online Resources
Coding Manuals – Listed in “Getting Ready for Class”
ICD-9-CM, HCPCS Level II and CPT
2010 Coding Manual Package Professional Version
2010 Coding Manual Package Hospital Version
Also, for long-term care classes: ICD-9 Coding for Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Coding and Billing Guide. Hands-on examples and exercises help you learn to correctly use the ICD-9 coding manual.
HCPro Websites
www.medicarefind.com -- Medicare Find, HCPro's web-based regulatory database makes searching for CMS and OIG rules, regulations, and source documents fast and easy. Find transmittals, program memoranda, NCCI edits, MLN Matters and Job Aids and LCDs and NCDs and Open Door Forum transcripts.
JustCoding.com – JustCoding.com web based libraries and resources will prepare you for current and future coding changes, provide CE credits keep your skills sharp.
Association for Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS) -- The membership association especially for CDI professionals. Access industry experts and peers across the nation, and learn CDI resources for development including the CCDS credential for CDI professionals.
Revenue Cycle Institute – The Revenue Cycle Institute website features analysis and breaking news about regulation and reimbursement for healthcare professionals, including white papers on topics important in managing the healthcare revenue cycle. Learn about our faculty consultants and the tailored boot camp and other education, auditing and monitoring services they offer.
MDSCentralOnline.com – MDSCentral is the place to find all of the MDS 3.0 information and resources you need. Here, you'll find the latest news about the new assessment system, expert answers to your questions and tools for a smooth transition to the new system.
CMS Medicare Billing-Related Sites - General
Provider Center
Beneficiary Notice Initiative (Including ABN Forms)
CERT - Overview Page
Chart Series (CMS Statistics)
Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule - Overview Page
Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory NCD Manual
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
Contact Information for CMS
Coverage Center (NCDs, NCAs, LMRPs/LCDs)
Departmental Appeals Board
DME Center
DMEPDAC
Drug SAD (Self-Administered Drug) Exclusion List
Drug Coverage - General Information
Drug Coverage - MLN Products
Enrollment (Provider and Supplier) - Overview Page
Evaluation and Management Services Guide
Frequently Asked Questions Database
Forms ? CMS Forms downloads
HHS Employee Directory
Intermediary-Carrier Map
Job Aids - Overview Page
Job Aids - 2010
Manuals - Internet Only Manuals
Manuals - Paper Based Manuals
Medically Unlikely Edits Information
Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Jurisdictions and Contractors Map
Medicare Contractor Reform
Medicare Home Page (Including Payment Systems)
MLN Publications
MLN Matters Articles - Overview Page
MLN Matters Articles - 2009
National Provider Identifier (NPI) - Overview Page
National Provider Identifier (NPI) Enumerator Site
National Provider Identifier (NPI) Registry
Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals
Open Door Forums - Overview Page
Press Releases and Other Media Releases
Program Memoranda (Discontinued By CMS Effective October 1, 2003)
Quality Initiatives - General Information
Quarterly Provider Updates- Overview Page
Recovery Audit Contractor Program
Regional Office List
Regulations and Guidance
Taxonomy Codes
Transmittals - Overview Page
Transmittals - 2010
CMS Medicare Billing-Related Sites - Hospital Specific
Hospital Center
Device-Related Procedure Edits
Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals Edits
Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) Information
Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Information
Hospital-Acquired Conditions (Present on Admission Indicator) - Overview Page
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System - Addendum A & B Updates
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System - Overview Page
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System - Pricer and Provider Specific Files
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System - Regulations and Notices (including 2010 Final Rule)
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System - Files for Download
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System - Home Page
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System - Pricer
Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System - Regulations and Notices (including 2010 Final Rule)
Hospital Quality Initiatives - Overview Page
National Correct Coding Initiative - Intermediary
Psychiatric Facility Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Quality Data Reporting Site (QNet)
Revenue Code to Cost Center Crosswalk
Wage Index Files
CMS Medicare Billing-Related Sites - Physician/Practitioner Specific
Physician Center
Practice Administration Center
HPSA/PSA (Physician Bonuses) - Overview Page
National Correct Coding Initiative - Carrier
Physician Fee Schedule - Online Lookup
Physician Fee Schedule - Overview Page
Physician Fee Schedule - Relative Value Files
Physician Fee Schedule - Regulations
CMS Medicare Billing-Related Sites - Long Term Care Specific
SNF Center
MDS 2.0 Manuals and Forms
Nursing Home Quality Initiatives - Overview Page
SNF Consolidated Billing - Overview Page
SNF Regulations
SNF PPS - Overview Page
Railroad Medicare
Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare Information
Railroad Retirement Board
OIG Sites
OIG Home Page
Regulations and Statutes
Code of Federal Regulations (Federal Regulations)
CFR Title 42 - Electronic Version
CFR Title 42 - Official Version
Federal Register
GPO Access Home Page
Open Congress
Social Security Act, Title 18 (Medicare)
United States Code (Federal Statutes)
HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Standards
National Uniform Billing Committee
WPC EDI Standards (To Access Implementation Guides for the Transaction Standards)
Listserv Subscriptions
CMS Email Update Lists - Subscriber's Main Page
GPO Listserv - Daily Federal Register (Join FEDREGTOC-L)
NIH List Serves List of Lists
OIG List Serves Lists
Coding and Clinical Resources
AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS Ordering Information
AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9 Ordering Information
AHA/AHIMA Report to CMS on Proposed Facility E/M Coding System
American Academy of Professional Coders
American Health Information Management Association
American Hospital Association Central Office
"CPT Assistant" Ordering Information
CPT Manual Errata
HCPCS Data Files
ICD-9-CM CMS Home Page
ICD-9-CM Code Set Data Files
ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines (From National Center for Health Statistics)
ICD-10 CMS Home Page
Merck Manual Online
Pharmacology Math (Designed for nurses, but also helpful for coders)
Health Law Resources
American Health Lawyers Association
Medicare Fraud & Abuse Resource Reference
Miscellaneous
CERT Provider Website
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Revenue Cycle Institute
Secretary of DHHS Mike Leavitt's Blog
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