Anesthesiology/Pain Management
Anatomy
A sophisticated understanding of human anatomy and physiology is invaluable to any successful Ambulatory Surgery Center coder.
Here?s why: The AMA has arranged the CPT® manual by anatomical area (or, more precisely, by organ systems), and the ICD-9-CM manual similarly groups codes according to body location. Without a working knowledge of anatomy, you will have difficulty even finding–not to mention selecting and applying–the codes you need.
Specifically, CPT® groups all surgical procedures under one of 12 organ [...]
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