Full Description
For courses in Medical/Health Information Technology with a concentration in ICD-9-CM coding. This text provides an introduction to ICD-9-CM coding that is easy to read and understand but covers basic coding principles comprehensively. With its focus on diagnosis, symptoms, and procedures related to these systems, this text particularly looks at the difficult areas where students are known to have problems. Throughout the text coding principles are introduced and reinforced.
Contents
1. Introduction to the Medical Information Coder. 2. Introduction to ICD-9-CM Coding. 3. Procedure Codes. 4. Infectious and Parasitic Disease. 5. Neoplasms. 6. Endocrine, Nutritional, and Metabolic Disease and Immunity Disorders. 7. Blood and Blood-Forming Organs. 8. Mental Disorders. 9. Diseases of the Nervous and Sense Organs. 10. Diseases of the Circulatory System. 11. Diseases of the Respiratory System. 12. Diseases of the Digestive System. 13. Diseases of the Genitourinary System. 14. Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium. 15. Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period. 16. Congenital Anomalies. 17. Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue. 18. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissues. 19. Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined Conditions. 20. Injury and Poisoning. 21. External Causes of Injury and Poisoning. 22. V-Codes. 23. Diagnosis-Related Groups. 24. Ambulatory Coding. 25. Coding Compliance. Appendix: Coding Specialist Certification Program. References. Index.
