ICD-10-CM 2015 and ICD-10-PCS 2015 Coding Handbook without Answers (Icd-10-Cm and Icd-10-Pcs Coding Handbook) - Softcover

The ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Coding Handbook is the only guide published in collaboration with the Central Office on ICD-10-CM/PCS of the American Hospital Association.Handbook content reflects 2014 versions of the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. Its format and style of presentation follows that of previous editions inspired by the Faye Brown approach to coding instruction. The text leads students to logical answers and provides primary supporting sources. This logical approach has enabled the Handbook to become the most popular textbook for hospital and physician office coder training.Exercises are presented in clear, technically correct language that progresses from easy to more difficult. Exercise answers in the case summaries list assigned and appropriately sequenced codes, followed by a comments section that explains how codes were assigned and why other codes were not assigned.Each chapter includes an overview that highlights important points, as well as “learning outcomes” and “terms to know” features that help readers understand and absorb new information. A “Remember...” feature provides sidebar comments or facts that alert readers to special information or perspectives. Expanded indexes enhance the speed of finding and applying new information.

Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA?, heads the AHA Central Office on ICD-10-CM/PCS and the Central Office on HCPCS. She is the executive editor of AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS and a member of the four Cooperating Parties, the group responsible for administering the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS systems in the United States.