The 2015 edition includes official changes from FY 2013 and 2014.  

 

PDF Functionality and Terms of Sale

This PDF edition is available for reading in Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) and be used on up to 6 personal registered devices.. The pages in the PDF match the print edition. The text is fully searchable by code, topic, or index. The table of contents, the list of figures and tables, and the index all include live links. Readers can bookmark and highlight content, add notes to the text, and print individual pages as desired.  

 

This digital edition is intended for personal use only.  As such, it is protected under copyright by Health Forum, Inc., and may not be transmitted in any form or by any means.  Nor may it be altered, reproduced, shared electronically, or recreated for any commercial purpose or sale.

 

 

The 2015 Handbook contains 269 case-summary exercises, as well as 100-plus in-chapter exercises and final review questions. The case-summary exercises are based on actual health records and require readers to consider the patient's
condition as well as medical history, reason for admission or encounter, laboratory results, procedures performed, and the diagnoses listed. Readers must apply pertinent coding principles and official coding guidelines in making
code assignments and designating the principal diagnosis and procedure for each episode of care.

Each chapter includes an overview that highlights the important points, a “learning outcomes” feature and a “terms to know” feature. Both features are designed to help readers understand and absorb new information. A “Remember...”
feature provides sidebar comment or facts that alert readers to additional information or perspectives that should not be forgotten when reading the chapter.

Major Content Areas
    
    -Format and conventions and current coding practices for ICD-9-CM
    -Use of supplementary classifications 
    -Coding of signs and symptoms

    -Coding of infectious and parasitic diseases, endocrine diseases and immunity disorders, and mental disorders     
    -Coding of diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and diseases of the nervous system

    -Coding of diseases of the respiratory, digestive, and genitourinary systems
    -Coding of diseases of the skin and diseases of the musculoskeletal system

    -Coding of pregnancy and childbirth complications, abortion, congenital anomalies, and perinatal conditions

    -Coding of circulatory system diseases and neoplastic diseases
    -Coding of injuries, burns, poisoning, and complications of care
    -ICD-10-CM preview
    -ICD-10-PCS preview

    -POA requirements
    -PLUS, 260+ case-study exercises
    -Index

About the Editor

Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, Director of Coding and Classification at the AHA, heads the AHA Central Office on ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS and the Central Office on HCPCS. She is the executive editor of AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS and co-author of ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting and the
ICD-10-PCS Official Coding Guidelines. Nelly and a team of AHA Central Office staff have reviewed, updated, and improved the Faye Brown ICD-9-CM Coding Handbooks for more than a decade. Nelly authored the 2015 ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Coding Handbooks.   

 

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Approx. xiii + 648 pages, digital PDF edition
ISBN:  978-1-55648-405-6
AHA Order Number: P148061
Member Price: $98.95
Non-member Price: $98.95