Documentation Basics

1. General Coding Guidelines
   
   
2. Certified Nurse Midwife - Brief Summary Billing Guidelines by Location (UCSD Guide)
   
   
3. Nurse Practitioner - Brief Summary Billing Guidelines by Location (UCSD Guide)
   
   
4. Physician Assistant - Brief Summary Billing Guidelines by Location (UCSD Guide)
    
5. Medicare's Teaching Physician Documentation Instructions from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
    
6. AAMC: Government Affairs and Advocacy - Teaching Physician Regulations
   
   
7. AAMC's Clarification of Medical Student Documentation
    
8. Medicare "Incident To" Billing Rule
   
   
9. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) DataWarehouse (ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting)
   
   
10. FAQs from CMS on the revisions to the teaching physician portion of the carrier manual instructions (from AAMC 12/03)
     
11. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Coverage Database (Search for National and Local Coverage LMRPs and NCDs)