ICD-10-CM – 2019 – The Complete Official Codebook – PDF

Description

ICD-10-CM 2019: The Complete Official Codebook (PDF) is your essential resource for mastering the latest diagnostic coding standards. Updated for 2019, this comprehensive codebook simplifies the coding process, ensuring both accuracy and compliance. As a foundational tool for establishing medical necessity, it plays a pivotal role in securing appropriate reimbursements and determining coverage for medical services.

This informative ebook is meticulously organized with twenty-one chapters in the Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries, all designed to enhance navigation and facilitate precise coding. Additionally, you will find invaluable supplements in the form of appendices that cover a range of resources, including a coding tutorial, pharmacology listings, valid three-character codes, and detailed insights on Z-codes relating to long-term drug use and those applicable solely as principal diagnoses.

### Features and Benefits:

– **Comprehensive Appendices**: These resources elevate your coding experience, providing essential supplementary information.
– **NEW! Enhanced Coding Tips**: Discover over 100 fresh tips designed to enrich your knowledge of coding in both physician and outpatient settings.
– **NEW! Complete Code Change List**: Quickly access a thorough list of all new, revised, and deleted codes pertinent to the FY 2019 update.
– **NEW! Quality Payment Program Symbol**: Locate diagnosis codes related to Quality Payment Program (QPP) measures easily with the newly introduced symbol in the tabular section under MARCA.
– **Placeholder X Identification**: The inclusion of the “placeholder X” icon informs coders of an important ICD-10-CM convention pertinent to 3, 4, and 5-character codes that need a seventh character extension.
– **Expanded Definitions**: This edition introduces over 300 brand-new definitions in the tabular listing, empowering coders with confidence through concise definitions and illustrative examples that underscore critical aspects of various diseases and injuries.
– **Guideline Explanations and Examples**: Each chapter in the tabular section begins with detailed explanations and practical examples that illuminate the proper application of ICD-10-CM chapter guidelines.
– **Muscle/Tendon Translation Table**: This innovative table assists in understanding muscle and tendon action (including extensor and flexor) critical for codes related to acquired conditions and injuries.
– **User-Friendly Design**: Full-color illustrations, color-coding, and visual alerts throughout the codebook draw attention to vital coding notes, additional character requirements, CMS hierarchical condition categories (HCC), manifestation codes, Medicare Code Edits (MCEs), and both specified and unspecified codes.

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Dive into the ICD-10-CM 2019 codebook today and transform your coding accuracy and efficiency! Ideal for healthcare professionals, coders, and medical practitioners, this codebook is indispensable in today’s evolving health information landscape.