ICD-10-CM Professional for Hospitals 2019 eBook by Optum360

The 2019 guidelines are included. This ebook contains the complete updated 2019 code set along with updated 2019 guidelines.

The ICD-10-CM Professional for Hospitals with Optum360's hallmark features and format makes facing the challenge of accurate diagnosis coding easier. This edition contains the complete ICD-10-CM code set, Medicare Code Edits (MCE), and ICD-10 MS-DRG edits with symbols identifying codes for comorbidities/complications (CC), major CC (MCC), and principal diagnoses (PDx) that function as their own CC/MCC. Also identified are Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC), CMS Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC).

New features in Professional and Expert editions of 2019 ICD-10-CM for Hospitals:

• Complete list of new revised and deleted codes
• Conversion table identifying new codes to the 2018 ed. code
• Coding Tips specific Hospital settings
• More definitions added for diagnostic terms
• New icon identifies complex and severe wounds for Medicare Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH)

Key features and benefits of this Optum360 ebook:

• New — Optum360 Edge — Coding Tips. Specific coding tips for acute care hospitals
• New — Optum360 Edge — More Definitions. More diagnostic terms are defined.
• New — Optum360 Edge — Complete list of code changes. All 2019 new, revised, and deleted codes listed in the front of the book.
• Optum360 Edge — Intuitive features and format. Includes all of the Optum360 visual alerts, including Optum360's hallmark color-coding and symbols that identify coding notes and instructions, additional character requirements, MCEs, CCs, MCCs, PDx as its own CC/MCC, CC/MCC exclusions, HACs, HCCs and manifestation codes.

What is the difference between the Expert and Professional editions?

• Expert Edition: Spiral bound and appendixes & a Point of Admission (POA) tutorial.
• Expert Edition: Downloadable file.
• The Professional edition does not include the above features.