Learning to code with icd-9-cm 2010

Updated to include the new and revised ICD-9-CM codes for 2010, 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.

The robust online course accompanying the book has additional activities to supplement the textbook, and is available for WebCT, Blackboard, and LWW thePoint.

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ICD-9-CM

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to ICD-9-CM Coding CHAPTER 2 Coding Conventions, Rules, and Guidelines CHAPTER 3 Medical Records: The Basis for All Coding

PART II: CODING FOR SPECIFIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS

CHAPTER 4 Coding for Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined Conditions CHAPTER 5 Coding for Endocrine, Nutritional, Metabolic, and Immune Disorders CHAPTER 6 Coding for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases CHAPTER 7 Coding for Digestive System Diseases CHAPTER 8 Coding for Respiratory System Diseases CHAPTER 9 Coding for Genitourinary System Diseases CHAPTER 10 Coding for Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Diseases CHAPTER 11 Coding for Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diseases CHAPTER 12 Coding for Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs CHAPTER 13 Coding for Diseases of the Circulatory System, Blood, and Blood-Forming Organs CHAPTER 14 Coding for Neoplasms CHAPTER 15 Coding for Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium CHAPTER 16 Coding for Conditions in the Perinatal Period and Congenital Anomalies CHAPTER 17 Coding for Injury and Poisoning CHAPTER 18 Coding for Complications of Surgical and Medical Care CHAPTER 19 Coding for Mental Disorders

PART III: THE IMPACT OF CODING ON HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 20 Managed Health Care and Health Information Management

APPENDIX 1 Medicare Severity-Adjusted Diagnosis-Related Groups (MS-DRGs)

APPENDIX 2 Laboratory Reference Range Values

APPENDIX 3 Medical Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms

APPENDIX 4 Common Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms

APPENDIX 5 ICD-9-CM Codes for 2008

APPENDIX 6 Answers to Testing Your Comprehension

APPENDIX 7 Answers to Coding Practice I: Chapter Review Exercises