Plain English Descriptions for ICD-10-CM

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Bolster medical necessity decision-making and quickly connect documentation to the right ICD-10 code with Plain English Descriptions for ICD-10-CM.

With these Plain English descriptions for ICD-10-CM codes and categories, your non-clinical staff will increase coding accuracy and reduce claims denials by mastering the language. Designed to work with your ICD-10-CM code book, each code category/code range is listed sequentially with its actual ICD code description and a concise explanation of physiology and etiology components encompassed by the code. Get easy-to-understand ICD-10 information that you can rely on — order today!

Features include:

• Plain English Descriptions for more than 5,000 ICD-10-CM codes and categories—increase coding accuracy with comprehensive clinical, coding and documentation guidance
  
  
• Risk hierarchical condition indicator to alert you to diagnoses with risk adjustment reporting requirements
  
  
• Detailed, full-page anatomy illustrations—better interpret clinical notes and code with greater specificity
  
  
• Numerical arrangement—easily find the information you seek. This book mirrors the arrangement of the official ICD-10-CM code set for easy identification
  
  
• Diagnostic syndromes—understand what symptoms and/or diseases are included in a syndrome
  
  
• Prefixes and suffixes for commonly used medical terms—boost coding speed and accuracy by overcoming any unfamiliar terms in the medical record

Published: September 2020

Page count: 618
Dimensions: 8.5” X 11”
ISBN: 978-1-64535-042-2