Book Summary:
Written by Janatha R. Ashton, RHIA, MS, with technical review by Faye Brown and the Central Office on ICD-9-CM of the AHA, this workbook is a proven self-learning exercise companion to the ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook. It contains hundreds of self-learning exercises based on real health records. Challenging practice drills test the user’s coding skills in a variety of realistic health care settings—from the physician office to inpatient care. Informative exercise summaries examine the factors leading up to the health care encounter and describe principal diagnoses and procedures in clean, technically correct language. |