Product Description

Thousands of customers are interested in getting ahead of the 2014 ICD-10-CM mandatory implementation date for this new and complex set of codes. This book takes the unwieldy and confusing internet version and presents the data the way you have been used to seeing diagnostic codes. It strives to provide you with the best Tools and Training. NEW! Illustrations--Over 200 code-specific illustrations have been added to allow better interpretation of clinical notes and ensure assignment of the correct code. Placeholder "x"--Added to 3, 4 and 5-character codes requiring 7th characters with a dash in the 7th character position of the code to identify that a 7th character is needed. This eliminates confusion about how many x's to add to the code prior to assigning the 7th character. "Code First" notes in blue print to highlight manisfestation codes requiring an etiology code that is listed first. Updated Tables and Indexes--Updated Neoplasm and Drug and Chemical Tables, and External Causes and Alphabetic Disease Indexes. The Entire ICD-10-CM Code Set--Includes all 21 chapters: Infectious and Parasitic diseases through Injuries, including external causes and reasons for visit.