Don't fear the transition to ICD-10. Understand it.

Medical Coding: Understanding ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS is a comprehensive walkthrough of the new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding systems for coders in every part of healthcare. It covers the fundamentals of medical coding, billing, and documentation, essential to understanding the importance of code selection. In-depth chapters on body systems, signs and symptoms, injuries, and health status provide the full picture of diagnosis coding, preparing coders for ICD-10's new guidelines, terminology, and sequencing. Chapters on the brand-new format of ICD-10-PCS have you covered for the evolution in hospital coding.

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Medical Coding: Understanding ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS

Part I: Introduction to Medical Coding

1. History and Evolution of the International Classification of Diseases

2. Diagnosis Coding System Formats and Conventions

3. Data and Billing Basics

4. Elements of Medical Documentation

5. Translating Documentation to Codes

Part II: ICD-10-CM

6. Signs, Symptoms, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings

7. Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Service

8. Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

9. Neoplasms

10. Endocrine, Nutritional, and Metabolic Diseases

11. Blood and Blood Forming Organs Plus Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism

12. Mental and Behavioral Disorders

13. Nervous System and Sense Organs

14. Circulatory System

15. Respiratory System

16. Digestive System

17. Genitourinary System

18. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium

19. Conditions Originating in the Newborn (Perinatal) Period

20. Congenital Malformations, Deformations, and Chromosomal Abnormalities

21. Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

22. Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue

23. Injury, Poisoning, and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes

24. External Causes of Injury, Poisoning, and Morbidity

Part III: Introduction to Medical Procedure Coding

25. Procedural Coding System Formats and Conventions

26. ICD-9-CM Volume 3

Part IV: ICD-10-PCS Coding

27. ICD-10-PCS Structure, Format, and Table Conventions

28. ICD-10-PCS Sections, Part I: Sections 0-4

29. ICD-10-PCS Sections, Part II: Sections 5-9

30. ICD-10-PCS Sections, Part III: Sections B-H

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