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Practical ICD-9-CM Coding Book Updated 3 Times a Year
Our experts add valuable resources and track regulatory and coding changes to provide this premier code reference that meets your professional coding needs. The 2008 ICD-9-CM Expert for Hospitals, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 includes new features and resources designed to simplify Severity of Illness and Present on Admission issues. Work smarter with our hallmark color coding and intuitive symbols and integrate coding and reimbursement into a single task. Plus, you will receive three updates per year with changes to the ICD-9-CM code set, including any April 1 changes.
- Ingenix Edge — Severity of illness alerts. All the new classes of primary or secondary diagnoses that will dramatically affect reimbursement are identified. Report patient severity correctly.
- Ingenix Edge — Present on Admission indicators. New resource provides additional information and examples for reporting.
- Exclusive — Email alerts for special reports. Stay current with the latest regulatory and ICD-9-CM code changes with notification of crucial information posted on our website.
- Exclusive — Valid three-digit code list. Know at a glance whether a three-digit code is valid for submitting a claim, improving coding accuracy.
- Exclusive — Pharmacological listings. Link drug treatment with disease processes to identify complications and comorbidities that may affect DRG assignment, reducing the potential for “undercoding”.
- Exclusive — Dx/MDC/DRG list. Perform quick audits by knowing which diagnosis codes and MDCs group to a specific DRG group, reducing the potential for fines.
- Ingenix Edge — CC condition symbol and complete CC code list with principal diagnosis exclusions. Quickly identify complications and comorbidities that affect DRG assignment.
- New Feature — Ingenix Edge — Severity of illness alerts. All the new classes of primary or secondary diagnoses that will dramatically affect reimbursement are identified. Report patient severity correctly.
- Ingenix Edge — CC condition alert with principal diagnosis exclusions and complete CC code list. Quickly identify complications and comorbidities that affect DRG assignment and know when a CC impacts 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.
- Color-coded symbols and alerts. Major cardiovascular condition, additional digit, adjunct code, DRG, HIV major related diagnosis, major complication and complex diagnosis.
