Question

Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following: What is the importance to knowing HCPCS coding? How is it different than other codes? Provide examples.

Answer 1

Ans) The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System is a set of health care procedure codes based on the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology.

- Standardized code sets are necessary for Medicare and other health insurance providers to provide healthcare claims that are managed consistently and in an orderly manner.

Accurate medical coding is necessary if you expect to obtain insurance reimbursement. It's also important to maintaining the records of your patients. Over coding happens when you report medical codes that actually result in a higher payment being made by the insurance company.

HCPCS coding is different from coding with ICD-10-CM or ICD-10-PCS,so it's Important to answer some basic abstracting questions when deciding, whether a patient's account needs HCPCS codes.

- When using the HCPCS coding manual, first locate the code in the HCPCS index and then verify the code in the HCPCS list.