Principles Of ICD-9-CM Coding

This educational resource to ICD-9-CM coding provides guidelines for identifying and locating the most appropriate codes including chapter learning objectives, checkpoint exercises throughout the chapters and informative coding tips in the margins - which allow readers to learn by doing. Additional features include:

-New CD teaching tool - gives instructors the ability to administer tests using questions and answers developed by the AMA
-New chapters - cover symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions along with injury and poisoning as well as an overview of ICD-9-CM, Volume 3
-Expanded appendix - includes ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting A discussion of the future of coding involving ICD-10-CM