Project:

Your initial post response and your response post to another student must include APA citation and reference.

1. Initial Post: You will discuss the CMS payment system. Summarize your understanding of this payment system in your initial post.

Include an overview of CPT, ICD, and HCPCS by discussing the differences between them in your post. Your entire initial post should be between 300-400 words. Your initial post is due no later than Thursday of Week 2.

Use the Green & Rowell text and visit the AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) site to find information and links that will help you explain the CMS payment system.

Also, answer the following:

1. What payment methodologies does the CMS use?

2. How do CPT, ICD, and HCPCS codes differ?

2. Second Post: Respond to ONE student's initial response only. In your response, provide a comment that demonstrates you have read and understood their summary and overview. This response should be about 100-150 words in length.

To begin discussing in this forum, click the forum title. Then, click Create Thread on the Action Bar to post your initial reply. To reply to a fellow participant, click the title of the initial post, then click Reply.