ICD-9-CM 2008 Coding Handbook, Without Answers (Brown, ICD-9-CM Coding Handbookk without Answers)

Faye Brown

ISBN 10: 1556483430 / ISBN 13: 9781556483431

Published by American Hospital Association, 2007

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Title: ICD-9-CM 2008 Coding Handbook, Without ...

Publisher: American Hospital Association

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

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The ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook is the only guide published in collaboration with the Central Office on ICD-9-CM of the American Hospital Association (AHA). The Central Office is an official industry body that participates in the editorial development, preliminary testing, and national committee and congressional hearings on ICD-9 and ICD-10 specifications and rules. Central Office staff are the nation s experts on coding protocols and prepare two official publications in addition to the coding handbook: AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM and ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook helps coders understand the basic principles behind the classification system so they can apply the official coding advice provided by Central Office publications. The Handbook is the premiere coding textbook in the United States. The Handbook is designed for academic and in-service training programs, in-service performance evaluations and individual self-instruction, and it can be used as a workplace reference. It is used in conjunction with the three volumes of the ICD-9-CM coding manual. Chapters 1-8 provide discussions of the format, conventions and current coding practices as well as basic coding guidelines and introductory materials on the V and E supplementary classification codes. The remaining chapters work from the less complicated to those that are more difficult. Instructors can easily arrange their course outlines around Handbook chapters to train new and experienced students. Each Handbook provides 100+ review exercises that describe additional information about a patient s background or condition, and allow coders to practice their coding skills on examples based on diagnostic statements.