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For fast, accurate, and efficient coding, pick this practical HCPCS reference! Buck's 2021 HCPCS Level II provides an easy-to-use guide to the latest HCPCS codes. It helps you locate specific codes, comply with coding regulations, manage reimbursement for medical supplies, report patient data, code Medicare cases, and more. Spiral bound, this full-color reference simplifies coding with anatomy plates (including Netter's Anatomy illustrations) and ASC (Ambulatory Surgical Center) payment and status indicators. In addition, it includes a companion website with the latest coding updates. - UNIQUE! Current Dental Terminology (CDT) codes from the American Dental Association (ADA) offer one-step access to all dental codes. - UNIQUE! Full-color anatomy plates (including Netter's Anatomy illustrations) enhance your understanding of specific coding situations by helping you understand anatomy and physiology. - Easy-to-use format optimizes reimbursement through quick, accurate, and efficient coding. - At-a-glance code listings and distinctive symbols make it easy to identify new, revised, and deleted codes. - Full-color design with color tables helps you locate and identify codes with speed and accuracy. - Jurisdiction symbols show the appropriate contractor to be billed when submitting claims to Medicare carriers and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). - Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) payment and status indicators show which codes are payable in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System to ensure accurate reporting and appropriate reimbursement. - Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) indicators address reimbursement for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. - Drug code annotations identify brand-name drugs as well as drugs that appear on the National Drug Class (NDC) directory and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs. - Age/sex edits identify codes for use only with patients of a specific age or sex. - Quantity symbol indicates the maximum allowable units per day per patient in physician and outpatient hospital settings, as listed in the Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) for enhanced accuracy on claims. - The American Hospital Association Coding Clinic® for HCPCS citations provide a reference point for information about specific codes and their usage. - Physician Quality Reporting System icon identifies codes that are specific to PQRS measures. - NEW! Updated 2021 HCPCS code set ensures fast and accurate coding, with the latest Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes to comply with current HCPCS standards.

- NEW! Updated 2020 HCPCS code set ensures fast and accurate coding, with the latest Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes to comply with current HCPCS standards.

With this comprehensive guide to inpatient coding, you will ‘learn by doing!'ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding: Theory and Practice, 2016 Edition provides a thorough understanding of diagnosis and procedure coding in physician and hospital settings. It combines basic coding principles, clear examples, plenty of challenging exercises, and the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to ensure coding accuracy using the latest codes. From leading medical coding authority Karla Lovaasen, this expert resource will help you succeed whether you're learning to code for the first time or making the transition to ICD-10! Coding exercises and examples let you apply concepts and practice coding with ICD-10-CM/PCS codes. Coverage of disease includes illustrations and coding examples, helping you understand how commonly encountered conditions relate to ICD-10-CM coding. ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide fast, easy access to examples of proper application. Full-color design with illustrations emphasizes important content such as anatomy and physiology and visually reinforces key concepts. Integrated medical record coverage provides a context for coding and familiarizes you with documents you will encounter on the job. Coverage of common medications promotes coding accuracy by introducing medication names commonly encountered in medical records. Coverage of both common and complex procedures prepares you for inpatient procedural coding using ICD-10-PCS. MS-DRG documentation and reimbursement details provide instruction on proper application of codes NEW! 30-day trial access to TruCode® includes additional practice exercises on the Evolve companion website, providing a better understanding of how to utilize an encoder. UPDATED content includes icd-10 code revisions, ensuring you have the latest coding information.

- Updated content includes the icd-10 code revisions released in Spring 2013, ensuring you have the latest coding information available.

NEW! Pharmacology in each body system and a Pharmacology Basics appendix help you recognize drugs and medications in medical reports. NEW! More than 50 new images bring terminology to life. NEW! Additional procedural terms supply a more complete picture of the number and kind of procedures you will encounter on medical reports. NEW! Normal Lab Values appendix familiarizes you with normal and abnormal lab values so you know when to search a medical record for possible additional diagnoses. NEW! Tablet and mobile-optimized Evolve activities offer an easily accessible source for extra interactive practice and learning.

- Updated content includes the icd-10 code revisions released in Spring 2013, ensuring you have the latest coding information available.

Whether you're new to medical coding or transitioning from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS, Medical Terminology and Anatomy for ICD-10 Coding helps you prepare to code accurately and effectively using the ICD-10-CM/PCS code set with a complete understanding of relevant medical terminology and anatomy. Coding certified (CCS, CPC) and approved AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Academy Trainer Betsy Shiland makes unfamiliar medical language more approachable, and carefully sequenced medical terminology lessons help you understand the vastly increased anatomy necessary for accurate coding, including the locations of hundreds of arteries, muscles, nerves, and other anatomy. This unique resource also includes engaging in-book exercises and interactive online resources, giving you the review and practice you need to reinforce your comprehension and confidently prepare for the coding workforce. Terminology coverage specific to ICD-10-CM/PCS familiarizes you with the terms and definitions you'll encounter most frequently in coding practice. Anatomy and physiology content helps you accurately interpret medical reports to code effectively in ICD-10-CM/PCS. Pathology terms are organized by disease and disorder classification so you can practice locating information just as you will when coding with ICD-10-CM. ICD codes provided for pathology terms and signs/symptoms help you associate diagnoses with related codes. In-book exercises test your understanding as you learn. Pathology and procedure terminology tables challenge you to decode terms by word origins and definitions. Root operation information is incorporated into procedure tables to familiarize you with the associated common suffixes. Electronic medical record format familiarizes you with documentation commonly used in healthcare settings. Guideline Alert! boxes link terminology to relevant ICD-10-CM/PCS information at a glance. Be Careful! boxes alert you to similar and potentially confusing word parts and terms. Interactive learning games and activities on a companion Evolve website reinforce your comprehension and make learning medical terminology more engaging.