ICD-9-CM AMA Hospitals and Payors

ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 is now available from AMA Press. The health information professionals best friend! This spiral full-size edition is organized to save you time by providing critical coding citations, payment system edit details, and manifestation, complex diagnosis, and major complication code alerts on the same page as the codes themselves. This text also contains: DRG Indicators-Special symbol alerts coders to whether or not they need special documentation to justify DRG assignment. Valid Three-digit Category Appendix - Allows coder to identify whether a three-digit code is valid for submitting on a claim. AHA Coding Clinic references, provide official discussion of correct ICD-9-CM code assignment Symbol notification of Fourth-and Fifth-Digits - Provided in the tabular section and index. Age and Sex Edits - Allows for better coding accuracy. Ease of use layout - Complete with clinical diagrams, dictionary-style headers and colored tabs.