Select diagnosis codes accurately with Carol J. Buck's 2016 ICD-10-CM for Physicians: Professional Edition. Designed by coders for coders, this full-color manual includes all the ICD-10 codes needed for today’s outpatient and physician-based coding. As coders need more extensive knowledge to work with ICD-10-CM — and to choose from the thousands of possible codes — this edition provides an essential background in A&P, pathology, and medical terminology, along with colorful Netter’s Anatomy illustrations and clear instructions for using the book. Together with the durable spiral binding, these features make professional diagnosis coding faster and easier. Also included is a companion website with the latest coding news and updates! UNIQUE! Full-color Netter’s Anatomy art is included in a separate section for easy reference and cross-referenced within the Tabular List, to help you understand anatomy and how it may affect choosing codes. Full-color design includes consistent color-coded symbols and text, providing easier access to codes and coding information. More than 150 full-color illustrations provide visual orientation and enhance understanding of specific coding situations. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCRs) are listed in full and also integrated within the code set, providing fast, easy access to coding rules. Convenient Guide to the Updates in the front of the book lists all new, revised, and deleted codes, providing at-a-glance lookup of the annual changes. Symbols and highlights draw attention to codes that may require special consideration before coding, including: New, Revised, and Deleted Codes that call for the use of additional character(s) Includes, Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 Use Additional Unspecified Code First and Code Also Items are included throughout the Tabular List to ensure accurate coding, providing additional information on common diseases and conditions. Placeholder X symbol reminds you to assign placeholder X for codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character. Additional elements within specific codes define terms and add coding instructions relating to difficult terminology, diseases and conditions, or coding in a specific category. Manifestation code identifies conditions for which it is important to record both the etiology and the symptom of the disease. Age and Sex edits from the Definition of Medicare Code Edits help to ensure accuracy by denoting codes that are used only with patients of a specific age or sex. American Hospital Association's Coding Clinic® citations include official ICD-10-CM coding advice relating to specific codes and their usage. Codingupdates.com companion website includes the latest changes to the ICD coding system.

Select diagnosis codes accurately with Carol J. Buck's 2016 ICD-10-CM: Standard Edition. Designed by coders for coders, this practical manual includes all the ICD-10 codes needed for basic inpatient, outpatient, and Medicare coding. As coders need more extensive knowledge to code with ICD-10-CM — and to choose from the thousands of possible codes — this edition provides an essential background in A&P, pathology, and medical terminology, along with colorful Netter's Anatomy illustrations and clear instructions for using the book. Together, these features make diagnosis coding faster and easier. Also included is a companion website with the latest coding news and updates! - UNIQUE! Full-color Netter's Anatomy art is included in a separate section for easy reference and cross-referenced within the Tabular List to help you understand anatomy and how it may affect choosing codes. - More than 150 illustrations provide visual orientation and enhance understanding of specific coding situations. - Convenient Guide to the Updates in the front of the book lists all new, revised, and deleted codes, providing at-a-glance lookup of the annual changes. - Two-color design provides an economical version of this coding manual. - Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCRs) are listed in full and also integrated within the code set, providing fast, easy access to coding rules. - Symbols and highlights draw attention to codes that may require special consideration before coding, including: - New, Revised, and Deleted - Codes that call for the use of additional character(s) - Includes, Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 - Use Additional - Unspecified - Code First and Code Also - Placeholder X symbol reminds you to assign placeholder X for codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character. - Additional elements within specific codes define terms and add coding instructions relating to difficult terminology, diseases and conditions, or coding in a specific category. - Items are included throughout the Tabular List to ensure accurate coding, providing additional information on common diseases and conditions. - Codingupdates.com companion website includes the latest changes to the ICD coding system. - NEW! 2016 ICD-10-CM: Standard Edition replaces Carol Buck's ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1 and 2; this manual includes an introduction to ICD-10-CM coding in Part I, an alphabetic index to diseases and injuries in Part II, and the Tabular List of diseases and injuries in Part III. - UPDATED 2016 Official Code set reflects the latest ICD-10 codes needed for diagnosis coding.

- NEW! 2016 ICD-10-PCS: Professional Edition replaces Carol Buck's ICD-9-CM, Volume 3; this manual includes 16 sections filled with tables to help you determine selection of inpatient procedure codes. - UPDATED 2016 Official Code set reflects the latest ICD-10-PCS codes needed for procedure coding.

Select diagnosis codes accurately with Carol J. Buck's 2016 ICD-10-CM for Hospitals: Professional Edition. Designed by coders for coders, this full-color manual includes all the ICD-10 codes needed for today’s inpatient and Medicare coding. As coders need more extensive knowledge to code with ICD-10-CM — and to choose from the thousands of possible codes — this edition provides an essential background in A&P, pathology, and medical terminology, along with colorful Netter’s Anatomy illustrations and clear instructions for using the book. Together with the durable spiral binding, these features make professional diagnosis coding faster and easier. Also included is a companion website with the latest coding news and updates!

Select diagnosis codes accurately with Carol J. Buck's 2017 ICD-10-CM for Physicians: Professional Edition. Designed by coders for coders, this full-color manual includes all the ICD-10 codes needed for today’s outpatient and physician office coding. As coders need extensive knowledge to code with ICD-10-CM — and to choose from the thousands of possible codes — this edition provides an essential background in A&P, pathology, and medical terminology, along with colorful Netter’s Anatomy illustrations and clear instructions for using the book. Together with the durable spiral binding, these features make professional diagnosis coding faster and easier. A companion website includes the latest coding news and updates! Convenient Guide to the Updates in the front of the book lists all new, revised, and deleted codes, providing at-a-glance lookup of the coding changes. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCRs) are listed in full and also integrated within the code set, providing fast, easy access to coding rules. Unique! Full-color Netter’s Anatomy art is included in a separate section for easy reference and cross-referenced within the Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries, to help you understand anatomy and how it may affect choosing codes. Full-color design includes consistent color-coded symbols and text, providing easier access to codes and coding information. American Hospital Association's Coding Clinic® citations include official ICD-10-CM coding advice relating to specific codes and their usage. 175 full-color illustrations provide visual orientation and enhance understanding of specific coding situations. Items are included throughout the Tabular List to ensure accurate coding, providing additional information on common diseases and conditions. Additional elements within specific codes define terms and add coding instructions relating to difficult terminology, diseases and conditions, or coding in a specific category. Symbols and highlights draw attention to codes that may require special consideration before coding, including: New, Revised, and Deleted Codes that call for the use of additional character(s) Includes, Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 Use Additional Unspecified Code First and Code Also Placeholder X symbol reminds you to assign placeholder X for codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character. Manifestation code identifies conditions for which it is important to record both the etiology and the symptom of the disease. Age and Sex edits from the Definition of Medicare Code Edits help to ensure accuracy by denoting codes that are used only with patients of a specific age or sex. Codingupdates.com companion website includes the latest changes to the ICD coding system.

Select diagnosis codes accurately with Carol J. Buck's 2016 ICD-10-CM for Physicians: Professional Edition. Designed by coders for coders, this full-color manual includes all the ICD-10 codes needed for today's outpatient and physician-based coding. As coders need more extensive knowledge to work with ICD-10-CM - and to choose from the thousands of possible codes - this edition provides an essential background in A&P, pathology, and medical terminology, along with colorful Netter's Anatomy illustrations and clear instructions for using the book. Together with the durable spiral binding, these features make professional diagnosis coding faster and easier. Also included is a companion website with the latest coding news and updates! UNIQUE! Full-color Netter's Anatomy art is included in a separate section for easy reference and cross-referenced within the Tabular List, to help you understand anatomy and how it may affect choosing codes. Full-color design includes consistent color-coded symbols and text, providing easier access to codes and coding information. More than 150 full-color illustrations provide visual orientation and enhance understanding of specific coding situations. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCRs) are listed in full and also integrated within the code set, providing fast, easy access to coding rules. Convenient Guide to the Updates in the front of the book lists all new, revised, and deleted codes, providing at-a-glance lookup of the annual changes. Symbols and highlights draw attention to codes that may require special consideration before coding, including: New, Revised, and Deleted Codes that call for the use of additional character(s) Includes, Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 Use Additional Unspecified Code First and Code Also Items are included throughout the Tabular List to ensure accurate coding, providing additional information on common diseases and conditions. Placeholder X symbol reminds you to assign placeholder X for codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character. Additional elements within specific codes define terms and add coding instructions relating to difficult terminology, diseases and conditions, or coding in a specific category. Manifestation code identifies conditions for which it is important to record both the etiology and the symptom of the disease. Age and Sex edits from the Definition of Medicare Code Edits help to ensure accuracy by denoting codes that are used only with patients of a specific age or sex. American Hospital Association's Coding Clinic® citations include official ICD-10-CM coding advice relating to specific codes and their usage. Codingupdates.com companion website includes the latest changes to the ICD coding system. NEW! 2016 ICD-10-CM for Physicians replaces Carol Buck's ICD-9-CM for Physicians, Volumes 1 and 2; this manual includes an introduction to ICD-10-CM coding in Part I, an alphabetic index to diseases and injuries in Part II, and the Tabular List of diseases and injuries in Part III. UPDATED 2016 Official Code set reflects the latest ICD-10 codes needed for diagnosis coding.

With this comprehensive guide to inpatient coding, you will ‘learn by doing!’ ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding: Theory and Practice, 2016 Edition provides a thorough understanding of diagnosis and procedure coding in physician and hospital settings. It combines basic coding principles, clear examples, plenty of challenging exercises, and the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to ensure coding accuracy using the latest codes. From leading medical coding authority Karla Lovaasen, this expert resource will help you succeed whether you’re learning to code for the first time or making the transition to ICD-10! Coding exercises and examples let you apply concepts and practice coding with ICD-10-CM/PCS codes. Coverage of disease includes illustrations and coding examples, helping you understand how commonly encountered conditions relate to ICD-10-CM coding. ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide fast, easy access to examples of proper application. Full-color design with illustrations emphasizes important content such as anatomy and physiology and visually reinforces key concepts. Integrated medical record coverage provides a context for coding and familiarizes you with documents you will encounter on the job. Coverage of common medications promotes coding accuracy by introducing medication names commonly encountered in medical records. Coverage of both common and complex procedures prepares you for inpatient procedural coding using ICD-10-PCS. MS-DRG documentation and reimbursement details provide instruction on proper application of codes NEW! 30-day trial access to TruCode® includes additional practice exercises on the Evolve companion website, providing a better understanding of how to utilize an encoder. UPDATED content includes icd-10 code revisions, ensuring you have the latest coding information.

Take your first step toward a successful career in medical coding with guidance from the most trusted name in coding education! From bestselling author Carol J. Buck, Step-by-Step Medical Coding, 2016 Edition is a practical, easy-to-use resource that shows you exactly how to code using all current coding sets. Practice exercises follow each 'step' of information to reinforce your understanding of important concepts. In-depth coverage includes reimbursement, ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and inpatient coding, with an Evolve website that includes 30-day access to TruCode® Encoder Essentials. No other text so thoroughly covers all coding sets in one source! - 30-day access to TruCode® Encoder Essentials and practice exercises on the Evolve companion website provide additional practice and help you understand how to utilize an encoder product. - A step-by-step approach makes it easier to build skills and remember the material. - Over 475 illustrations include medical procedures and conditions to help you understand the services being coded. - Real-world coding reports (cleared of any confidential information) simulate the reports you will encounter as a coder and help you apply coding principles to actual cases. - Dual coding includes answers for both ICD-10 and ICD-9 for every exercise, chapter review, and workbook question to help you ease into the full use of ICD-10. - Exercises, Quick Checks, and Toolbox features reinforce coding rules and concepts, and emphasize key information. - From the Trenches, Coding Shots, Stop!, Caution!, Check This Out!, and CMS Rules boxes offer valuable tips and helpful advice for working in today's medical coding field. - Four coding-question variations develop your coding ability and critical thinking skills, including one-code or multiple-code answers. - Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting boxes allow you to read the official wording for inpatient and outpatient coding alongside in-text explanations. - Coders' Index makes it easy to quickly locate specific codes. - Appendix with sample Electronic Health Record screenshots provides examples similar to the EHRs you will encounter in the workplace. - Online practice activities on Evolve include questions such as multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and coding reports. - A workbook corresponds to the textbook and offers review and practice with more than 1,200 theory, practical, and report exercises (odd-numbered answers provided in appendix) to reinforce your understanding of medical coding. Available separately. - NEW! Separate HCPCS chapter expands coverage of the HCPCS code set. - UPDATED content includes the latest coding information available, promoting accurate coding and success on the job.

For quick, accurate, and efficient coding, pick this best-selling HCPCS professional reference! From coding expert Carol J. Buck, 2016 HCPCS Level II, Professional Edition provides a spiral-bound, easy-to-use guide to the latest Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes. It helps you locate specific codes, comply with coding regulations, optimize reimbursement, report patient data, code Medicare cases, master ICD-10 coding, and more. This professional edition features a full-color design, Netter's Anatomy illustrations, dental codes, and ASC (Ambulatory Surgical Center) payment and status indicators. - At-a-glance code listings and distinctive symbols identify all new, revised, and deleted codes for 2016. - UNIQUE! Full-color Netter's Anatomy illustrations clarify complex anatomic information and how it affects coding. - The American Hospital Association Coding Clinic® for HCPCS citations provide a reference point for information about specific codes and their usage. - Colorful design with color-coded tables makes locating and identifying codes faster and easier. - American Dental Association (ADA) Current Dental Terminology code sets offer access to all dental codes in one place. - Drug code annotations identify brand-name drugs as well as drugs that appear on the National Drug Class (NDC) directory and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs. - Quantity feature highlights units of service allowable per patient, per day, as listed in the Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) for enhanced accuracy on claims. - Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) indicators clearly identify supplies to report to durable medical third-party payers. - Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) payment and status indicators show which codes are payable in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. - Information on coverage provides alerts when codes have special instructions, are not valid or covered by Medicare, or may be paid at the carrier's discretion. - Jurisdiction symbols show the appropriate contractor to be billed for suppliers submitting claims to Medicare contractors, Part B carriers, and Medicare administrative contractors submitting for DMEPOS services provided. - Age/Sex edits identify codes for use only with patients of a specific age or sex. - Physician Quality Reporting System icon identifies codes that are specific to PQRS measures. - Spiral binding allows you to lay the book flat for convenient access in practice settings. - Codingupdates.com website includes quarterly updates to HCPCS codes and content, and the opportunity to sign up for e-mail notifications of the newest updates. - UPDATED 2016 official code set ensures compliance with current HCPCS standards, for fast and accurate coding.

Select diagnosis codes accurately with Carol J. Buck's 2018 ICD-10-CM for Physicians: Professional Edition. Designed by coders for coders, this practical manual includes all the ICD-10 codes needed for basic outpatient and physician office coding. As coders need more extensive knowledge to code with ICD-10-CM — and to choose from the thousands of possible codes — this edition provides an essential background in A&P, pathology, and medical terminology, along with colorful Netter’s Anatomy illustrations and clear instructions for using the book. Together, these features make diagnosis coding faster and easier. Also included is a companion website with the latest coding news and updates! Convenient Guide to the Updates in the front of the book lists all new, revised, and deleted codes, providing at-a-glance lookup of the coding changes. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCRs) are listed in full in the Introduction, at the beginning of each chapter, and integrated within the code set, providing easier reference to coding rules when they are needed most. UNIQUE! Full-color Netter’s Anatomy art is included in a separate section for easy reference and cross-referenced within the Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries, to help users understand anatomy and how it may affect choosing codes. Full-color design includes consistent color-coded symbols and text, providing easier access to codes and coding information. American Hospital Association's Coding Clinic® citations include official ICD-10-CM coding advice relating to specific codes and their usage. 175 illustrations provide visual orientation and enhance understanding of specific coding situations. Items are included throughout the Tabular List to ensure accurate coding, providing additional information on common diseases and conditions. Additional elements within specific codes define terms and add coding instructions relating to difficult terminology, diseases and conditions, or coding in a specific category. Symbols and highlights draw attention to codes that may require special consideration before coding, including: New, Revised, and Deleted Codes that call for the use of additional character(s) Includes, Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 Use Additional Unspecified Code First and Code Also Placeholder X symbol reminds users to assign placeholder X for codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character. Manifestation code identifies conditions for which it is important to record both the etiology and the symptom of the disease. Age and Sex edits from the Definition of Medicare Code Edits help to ensure accuracy by denoting codes that are used only with patients of a specific age or sex.