Learning to Code with ICD-9-CM 2011

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Updated to include the new and revised ICD-9-CM codes for 2011, 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.

New to this edition, the author -- an AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer -- has written a chapter to help prepare for the 2013 switch to ICD-10, effectively breaking down the key differences, and relieving the anxiety surrounding the switch.

FEATURES:

• NEW! Updated for 2011 to ensure students enter the workforce with the most current information available to them!
  
• NEW! Additional chapter prepares the reader for the 2013 switch to ICD-10 to help students and practitioners make this transition easier.
• Online Course available to enable programs to reach more students and offer an online experience.
• Practice Exercises and Real Medical Records provide relevent content and practice so students are prepared when they begin work.