Icd-9-Cm Coding Handbook, With Answers: 1996

LouAnn Schraffenberger

This is a comprehensive textbook/workbook to teach ICD-9-CM coding of diagnoses and procedures to describe medical services rendered in hospitals, physician offices, ambulatory centers, long-term care facilities, and other settings. The purpose is to provide clinical and coding information to explain the basic processes and guidelines to completely and accurately use the ICD-9-CM classification system to code diagnoses and procedures. The audience includes clinical coders, health information management personnel, physicians, nurses, and healthcare administrators. The author is a nationally known consultant and expert in ICD-9-CM coding. The book contains clinical information about the disease processes and procedures being coded. Extensive information about how the ICD-9-CM system is constructed is included. Numerous coding exercises allow the reader to practice what is learned from the text. Current official coding guidelines and rules are included. Two formats of the book are available; one with answers for the independent student and one without answers for the classroom teacher to use. This is a first-rate ICD-9-CM learning tool. The book is the most thorough coding textbook available with detailed instructions and numerous exercises. The book should be a required reference in any medical record department or other office using ICD-9-CM. The publisher and author can be relied upon to produce, on an annual basis, a thorough description on how to use ICD-9-CM codes accurately and completely.

From The Critics

Reviewer: LouAnn Schraffenberger, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P (Univ of Illinois at Chicago School of Biomed & Health Info Mgmt)
Description: This is a comprehensive textbook/workbook to teach ICD-9-CM coding of diagnoses and procedures to describe medical services rendered in hospitals, physician offices, ambulatory centers, long-term care facilities, and other settings.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide clinical and coding information to explain the basic processes and guidelines to completely and accurately use the ICD-9-CM classification system to code diagnoses and procedures.
Audience: The audience includes clinical coders, health information management personnel, physicians, nurses, and healthcare administrators. The author is a nationally known consultant and expert in ICD-9-CM coding.
Features: The book contains clinical information about the disease processes and procedures being coded. Extensive information about how the ICD-9-CM system is constructed is included. Numerous coding exercises allow the reader to practice what is learned from the text. Current official coding guidelines and rules are included. Two formats of the book are available; one with answers for the independent student and one without answers for the classroom teacher to use.
Assessment: This is a first-rate ICD-9-CM learning tool. The book is the most thorough coding textbook available with detailed instructions and numerous exercises. The book should be a required reference in any medical record department or other office using ICD-9-CM. The publisher and author can be relied upon to produce, on an annual basis, a thorough description on how to use ICD-9-CM codes accurately and completely.

5 Stars! from Doody