ICD-9-CM Coding Made Easy! A Comprehensive Coding Guide for Health Care Professionals

ICD-9-CM Coding Made Easy! is a comprehensive guide to the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification, commonly known as ICD-9-CM. It is intended as an introduction to the ICD-9-CM coding system and Medicare rules and regulations governing ICD-9-CM coding.

The new 3rd edition is completely revised and includes new sections, new special coding situations, and the most current Medicare regulations regarding ICD-9-CM coding. The book covers the following issues and much more:

* Preparing for ICD-9-CM coding
* Medicare Requirements for ICD-9-CM coding
* Understanding ICD-9-CM
* Important Coding and Billing Issues
* Format of ICD-9-CM
* ICD-9-CM Coding Fundamentals
* Special Coding Situations

Also includes anatomical charts with diagnosis code pointers and self-tests with answers. This book is used to teach diagnosis coding at numerous colleges and universities nationwide.