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Essential 8.5" x 11" Softbound 2008 ICD-9-CM Coding Book
Our experts track regulatory and coding changes to bring you a premier code reference that meets all your professional coding needs. The 2008 ICD-9-CM Professional for Hospitals, Volumes 1, 2 & 3includes new features designed to simplify the Severity of Illness issue. Work smarter with our hallmark color coding and intuitive symbols and integrate coding and reimbursement into a single task.
Features and Benefits:
- New Feature—Ingenix Edge — Severity of Illness Alerts. All the new classes of PDx and SDx that will dramatically affect reimbursement are identified.
- Ingenix Edge — CC Condition Alert with Principal Diagnosis Exclusions and Complete CC Code List. Quickly identify comorbidities that affect DRG assignment.
- Ingenix Edge — AHA’s Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM References. Provides the official coding advice that every coder in the health care setting must follow for ICD-9-CM.
- Ingenix Edge — Color-Coded Symbols and Alerts. Identifies major cardiovascular condition, additional digit, adjunct code, DRG, HIV major related diagnosis, major complication, complex diagnosis and Medicare as secondary payer.
- Diagnosis Medicare Code Edits (MCE) Alerts. Includes unacceptable PDx, nonspecific PDx, questionable admission PDx, age, sex, CC and manifestation codes.
- Procedure Medicare Code Edit Alerts. Notates valid OR procedures, nonspecific OR, noncovered, limited coverage, nonoperating room procedures affecting DRG assignment, procedures, bilateral edits and sex edits.
- Coding Efficiency and Accuracy. Definitions, illustrations, hallmark color coding and intuitive symbols integrate coding and reimbursement into a single task.
- HIPAA Code Set Compliance.Official code set, complete coding guidelines and AHA’s Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM references improve coding accuracy, work efficiency and HIPAA compliance.
- Earn 1 Continuing Education Unit Per Scenario from the American Academy of Professional Coders.
