Learning to Code with ICD-9-CM 2009 (Learning to Code with ICD-9-CM for Health Information Management and Health Services Administration) - Softcover

Falen, Thomas J.; Liberman, Aaron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0781790646 ISBN 13: 9780781790642

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008

Synopsis

Updated to include the new and revised ICD-9-CM codes for 2009, this comprehensive, system-based text teaches the essential ICD-9-CM coding skills needed in medical coding and billing careers. The text provides an overview of ICD-9-CM guidelines on coding practice and introduces students to medical records, including how to locate information and code accurately and efficiently. The book covers symptoms, signs, diagnoses, procedures, and their ICD-9-CM codes by system, and uses actual medical records to show how to code conditions and procedures. A section explains how the coding process affects reimbursement and health services administration. Each chapter includes coding practice exercises.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0781790646
• ISBN 13: 9780781790642
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 825