ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding: A Map for Success, 1st edition

For courses in Introduction to Medical Coding.

Featuring a four-color presentation and student-centered approach, this medical coding book references ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS codes and offers a new approach to teaching this skill. The book is flexible in organization–appropriate for traditional, modular, linear, and wheel courses–and progressive in its numerous exercises of varying levels.  Chapters are constructed around three basic coding skills (abstracting, assigning, and sequencing codes) so students get a strong foundation in these essential competencies. Guided examples teach the coding process, while mini-medical records help students learn how to identify and abstract pertinent information from medical documentation.

Features

• A student-centered approach communicates complex material in a manner that makes it engaging and accessible.
• Full four-color presentation includes refreshers on medical terminology and anatomy, as well as meaningful figures and tables.
• A new approach to teaching coding reflects the new ICD-10-CM/ICD-10-PCS coding system and not just adaptations of previous sets.
• Flexible organization makes the text adaptable to a variety of course structures including traditional, modular, linear, and wheel.
• Chapters constructed around the three basic coding skills–abstracting, assigning, and sequencing codes.
• Fifty exercises per chapter at varying levels of difficulty guide the student through the process of abstracting, assigning, and sequencing codes.
• Guided examples teach the coding processandhelp students grasp the mechanical steps of coding that are difficult to explain.
• Mini-medical record includes basic demographic and service information on each patient and helps students master one of the most difficult concepts to learn: how to identify and abstract pertinent information from medical documentation.
• In-text learning features such as:
  • Coder Profiles describe a real coder and his/her career path and job duties.
  • Success Steps compare and contrast new systems to previous ones and  assist instructors in identifying how to teach the new coding system most effectively.
  • Coding Cautions provide short warnings and highlight concepts that can be tricky.
  • References to OGCR explain and expand on the guidelines instead of just reprinting the contents of OGCR.
  • Concept Quizzes review theory in the chapter and consist of ten multiple choice questions and ten completion questions related to definitions and key concepts in the chapter.
  • Coding Challenges review coding skills in the chapter in a comprehensive and thorough manner.
  • Coder's Toolbox lists Internet resources related to chapter content.