Author: American Medical AssociationPublisher: American Medical Association Press
ISBN: 9781579474652
Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
-New - AHA's Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM references - Identifies the exact issue of Coding Clinic, the official coding advice, which contains further information on that code. - Revised Official Coding Guidelines - Stay coding compliant, as required by HIPAA. - Color-Coded Tabular - Symbols, just like the ones found in CPT, identify new, revised and deleted codes and text, and color-coded bars highlight unspecified, nonspecific, and manifestation coding situations. - Email Delivered Special Reports - Stay current on important developments and code changes. Customers who provide an e-mail address will receive Special Reports via e-mail. - Color Fourth- and Fifth-Digit Symbols in Index and Tabular - Color-coded intuitive symbol identifies codes that require an additional fourth and/or fifth digit. - Hundreds of Clinically Oriented Diagnosis Definitions and Illustrations - Ensure quick and correct code selection. - Age and Sex Edits - Identifies codes that are restricted dependent upon age or sex of patient. - Valid Three-Digit Category Appendix - Know at a glance whether a three-digit code is valid for submitting on claim. - New and Revised Code Symbols and Dated Pages - Quickly identify new and revised codes and the date the codes were most recently changed. - V Code Symbols - Quickly identify V codes that can be used only as a primary or secondary diagnosis.