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Optum Learning: Facilities and Ancillary Services helps advanced coders in the facility billing office and is an excellent module for beginning coders in ancillary service offices. Building on the basics learned in our Optum Learning: Medical Billing Basics, this course helps the user master effective coding skills. Features and benefits Optum Edge-Broad overview of the facility reimbursement process. In-depth overview of CPTr, ICD-9-CM, DRG, HCPCS Level II, APCs, and other coding systems. Understand and retain the material being presented. Illustrations, graphs, scenarios, coding tips, glossaries, and other features help improve understanding and retention. Complex coding scenarios. Use examples to ensure fast, accurate facility reimbursement. Insurance and payer background. Make sense of the alphabet soup of different types of insurance and payers. Prepare to pursue appropriate revenue. DRG, revenue code, APC, and ASC information.