ICD-9-CM Workbook for Beginning Coders 2006, Without Answer Key PDF Download

Author: Janatha R. Ashton
Publisher: AHA Press
ISBN: 9781556483271
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Book Description
This Workbook is a self-learning exercise companion to the ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook 2006, and it can be used as an ancillary text for classroom study. It contains hundreds of self-learning exercises based on real health records. The case summary style of the exercises requires the student to consider the patients condition as well as all relevant information provided: medical history, reason for admission or encounter, laboratory results, procedures performed, and the diagnoses listed. In all exercises, student need to apply pertinent coding principles and official coding guidelines in making code assignments and designating the principal diagnosis and procedure for each episode of care in clean, technically correct language.Challenging practice drills test the users coding skills in a variety of realistic health care settingsfrom the physician office to inpatient care.The Workbook is also available with a Answer Key Supplement ( ICD-9-CM Workbook for Beginning Coders 2006, With Answer Key 2005, 78 pages, 81⁄2" x 11", soft cover, ISBN 1-55648-327-9, AHA Order No. 148027, $45.00).