Product Description

Be prepared for the most recent ICD-9-CM code changes with this comprehensive resource strategically organized to help improve coding accuracy and efficiency. This code book with dictionary-style headings, clinically-oriented definitions and illustrations, and color tabs and legends on each page presents current and official code information combined with intuitive symbols and color coding for all Medicare code edits vital to accurate reimbursement.

-Intuitive fourth- and fifth-digit alert symbols in index and tabular
-Valid three-digit code list lets you know at a glance whether a three-digit code is valid for submitting a claim
-V-code designation symbol alerts help you recognize when a V code can be used only as primary or additional diagnoses
-Age and sex edits let you know which codes have restrictions on their use based on age or sex of the patient
-"Unspecified" and "Other Specified" code alerts note the codes used only when the medical record documentation does not contain enough information to assign a more specific code or when a more specific code for the diagnosis is not available
-Manifestation code alerts help you clearly identify and properly use codes that represent manifestations of underlying disease, and be alerted when two codes are required
-AHA Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM® references noted with applicable codes, lets you know where to look for additional official coding advice
-Current official code set and complete official coding guidelines

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #158567 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 810 pages

Customer Reviews

ICD-9-CM 2009
I just received my compact verion of ICD-9-CM and I love it! This is my first time using the Compact version over the standard size (spiral bound)version.
The Tabular section is color coded. The Neoplasm table is in the same format as you would find in the regular sized edition. I really like this little compact book!!!

A "must have" for coders
If you are just starting out in coding or get "coding error" returns, this Coding bible is designed for you. Buy it new or buy it used, just buy it. It takes most of the guess work out of choosing the right code, meaning more of the claims you create will be clean. And yes, it's expensive, but anything that lessens the fatigue of doing claims is priceless.

I bought this book used, hoping it would be helpful and easy to use. It is. The soft-covered, non-spiral version is divided in half. The first half provides the correct diagnosis code for most every disease and ailment. These are listed in a simple way, for example, to find the correct code for abdominal pain you look under "Pain" and choose the specific code for "Pain, abdominal". If you aren't positive a code is correct, just turn to the second half of the book and look up the code, it list the specifics and inclusives of every code. This book helps lower the claim-error rate. Just be sure also to crosscheck with the Provider if you choose a more specific code since that info must correspond to the service documentation.

In our office, I use this book every day, and so do our doctors. If you use MediSoft for your receivables, my tip is when you add new codes to the Dx list, enter the code description exactly as written in the ICD book. That way, you'll know which codes get more specific and will go look them up. Realizing how valuable this book turned out to be, I now plan on buying the CPT book to get correct procedure codes. Go buy this book.

Good seller
I needed this book after the 2010 came out so was glad it was in stock and shipped quickly.