Updated to reflect code changes effective October 1, 2006! Hands-on Experience with Special Emphasis on the Physician Office Written with beginning and intermediate coding students in mind, ICD-9-CM Diagnostic Coding and Reimbursement for Physician Services, 2007 Edition provides basic training and practice in code application. Used in conjunction with Basic ICD-9-CM Coding, students gain: -Familiarity with the look and feel of codesReaders are provided with complete explanation of ICD-9-CM coding symbols and formatting. -Specific detailEach chapter is dedicated to the most commonly diagnosed disease for that body system with guidelines for each, so codes are learned in groups, making it easier to distinguish similarities and differences in codes and diagnoses. -Learning retentionDetailed appendices combine with targeted review exercises for coding knowledge that stays with the reader. Includes exercises, quizzes, and ICD-9-CM updates effective January 1, 2007. A free online instructors guide for AHIMA member-educators is available through the Assembly on Educations Community of Practice. Anita C. Hazelwood, MLS, RHIA, FAHIMA and Carol A. Venable, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA are leading industry experts on ICD-9-CM diagnostic coding and reimbursement.
Learn to code effectively with ICD-9-CM medical coding and gain a thorough introduction to ICD-10-CM/PCS coding with one book! ICD-9-CM Coding, 2013/2014 Edition combines basic coding principles with proven, practical insight and the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to prepare you for the upcoming implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS. Whether you're learning to code for the first time or making the transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS, leading medical coding authors Karla Lovaasen and Jennifer Schwerdtfeger deliver the fundamental understanding you need to succeed in hospital and physician settings. Both ICD-9-CM codes and ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS codes are shown in all coding exercises and examples (including answer keys). Emphasis on ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding prepares you for the upcoming implementation of ICD-10. MS-DRG documentation and reimbursement details guide you through this key component of the coding process. Line coding exercises and activities challenge you to apply concepts to solve problems. ICD-10 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCR) are included in each coding chapter, immediately following the ICD-9-CM coding guidelines. Full-color A&P content, disease coverage, procedure guidelines, and drug data ensure that you’re familiar with key topics affecting medical coding. Medical record coverage introduces the records and documents you’ll encounter on the job. Updated Coding Clinic references direct you to the definitive coding resource from the American Hospital Association (AHA). A companion Evolve website provides convenient online access to the OGCR, medical and surgical root operations definitions, a MS-DRG list, partial answer keys, and more.
ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook 2006, Without Answers(For self-study and classroom use.)2005, 476 pages, 81⁄2" x 11", soft cover, ISBN 1-55648-325-2AHA Order Number: 148025, $94.00The ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook is the only edition published in collaboration with the Central Office on ICD-9-CM of the American Hospital Association. The Handbook provides more than 100 review exercises interspersed throughout the text and at the end of the chapters. These exercises describe additional information about a patients background or present condition, and allow coders to practice their coding skills on examples that closely resemble actual patient records. The Handbooks appendix contains Central Office official guidelines for coding and reporting. The Handbook also contains exclusive ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS information.Also available with answers. (ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook 2006, With Answers, ISBN 1-55648-324-4, AHA Order Number: 148024, AHA members $94.00
ICD-9-CM Workbook for Beginning Coders 2006, with Answer Key, 2005, 78 pages (plus 56 page Answer Key), 81⁄2" x 11", soft cover, ISBN 1-55648-326-0, AHA Order No. 148026, $49.00.This Workbook is a self-learning exercise companion to the ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook 2006, and it can also be used as an ancillary text for classroom study. It contains hundreds of self-learning exercises based on real health records. The case summary style of the exercises requires the student to consider the patients condition as well as all relevant information provided: medical history, reason for admission or encounter, laboratory results, procedures performed, and the diagnoses listed. In all exercises, student need to apply pertinent coding principles and official coding guidelines in making code assignments and designating the principal diagnosis and procedure for each episode of care in clean, technically correct language.Challenging practice drills test the users coding skills in a variety of realistic health care settingsfrom the physician office to inpatient care. The answer key shows a list of correctly assigned and appropriately sequenced codes. The list of codes for each exercise is followed by a comments section, which explains how the codes were assigned and why some codes were not assigned. The comments also direct readers to pertinent entries in the three volumes of ICD-9-CM and often include references to helpful discussions and guidelines in the ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook 2006.The Workbook is also available without the Answer Key Supplement (ICD-9-CM Workbook for Beginning Coders 2006, Without Answer Key, ISBN 1-55648-327-9, AHA Order No. 148027, $45.00).
Learn to code effectively with ICD-9-CM medical coding and gain a thorough introduction to ICD-10-CM/PCS coding with one book! ICD-9-CM Coding, 2013/2014 Edition combines basic coding principles with proven, practical insight and the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to prepare you for the upcoming implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS. Whether you're learning to code for the first time or making the transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS, leading medical coding authors Karla Lovaasen and Jennifer Schwerdtfeger deliver the fundamental understanding you need to succeed in hospital and physician settings. Both ICD-9-CM codes and ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS codes are shown in all coding exercises and examples (including answer keys). Emphasis on ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding prepares you for the upcoming implementation of ICD-10. MS-DRG documentation and reimbursement details guide you through this key component of the coding process. Line coding exercises and activities challenge you to apply concepts to solve problems. ICD-10 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCR) are included in each coding chapter, immediately following the ICD-9-CM coding guidelines. Full-color A&P content, disease coverage, procedure guidelines, and drug data ensure that you're familiar with key topics affecting medical coding. Medical record coverage introduces the records and documents you'll encounter on the job. Updated Coding Clinic references direct you to the definitive coding resource from the American Hospital Association (AHA). A companion Evolve website provides convenient online access to the OGCR, medical and surgical root operations definitions, a MS-DRG list, partial answer keys, and more.
This Workbook is a self-learning exercise companion to the ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook 2006, and it can be used as an ancillary text for classroom study. It contains hundreds of self-learning exercises based on real health records. The case summary style of the exercises requires the student to consider the patients condition as well as all relevant information provided: medical history, reason for admission or encounter, laboratory results, procedures performed, and the diagnoses listed. In all exercises, student need to apply pertinent coding principles and official coding guidelines in making code assignments and designating the principal diagnosis and procedure for each episode of care in clean, technically correct language.Challenging practice drills test the users coding skills in a variety of realistic health care settingsfrom the physician office to inpatient care.The Workbook is also available with a Answer Key Supplement ( ICD-9-CM Workbook for Beginning Coders 2006, With Answer Key 2005, 78 pages, 81⁄2" x 11", soft cover, ISBN 1-55648-327-9, AHA Order No. 148027, $45.00).