Basic ICD-9-CM Coding

This comprehensive, step-by-step instructional book provides the reader with a solid introduction to ICD-9-CM coding. Designed to instill the fundamental knowledge and practice needed to understand the ICD-9-CM coding classification, it helps develop essential basic-level diagnostic coding skills and offers valuable benefits to: The student who is learning the basic principles and conventions of ICD-9-CM coding. The educator who uses examples and illustrations of the application of coding principles based on actual case documentation. The professional who requires the official guidelines for coding and reporting. Basic ICD-9-CM Coding consists of 23 chapters covering each section of ICD-9-CM coding, from Basic Procedures and Diagnostic Coding, to the Prospective Payment System and the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set. There is a handy alphabetic Index to Diseases and a Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries for each body system in the classification. This book explains the supplement