This money-saving package includes: Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2011 Edition Textbook Workbook for Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2011 Edition 2012 ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1, 2, & 3 Professional Edition 2011 HCPCS Level II Professional Edition 2012 CPT Professional Edition

This money-saving package includes: Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2011 Edition Textbook Workbook for Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2011 Edition 2012 ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1, 2, & 3 Professional Edition 2011 HCPCS Level II Standard Edition 2012 CPT Professional Edition

This money-saving package include: Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2011 Edition Textbook Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2011 Edition Workbook 2012 ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1, 2, & 3 Professional Edition 2011 HCPCS Level II Standard Edition 2011 CPT Professional Edition

. By combining all public domain coding references into 1 volume (the three volumes of the ICD-9-CM, the HCPCS, and the Official Coding Guidelines), we can offer students and coders alike all this coding material at a very affordable price. . All three volumes of the ICD-9-CM. Most code books offer Volumes One and Two, but rarely do you also get Volume Three, which is an additional feature of this book. . HCPCS - Level II of the national codes (Level I is CPT codes), which are durable goods (crutches, prosthetics, drugs, etc.). Updates accessed via Evolve website. . Numerous pictures and illustrations throughout Volume 2 - Artwork situated next to a disease in Volume 2 - Helps students and coders understand difficult terminology, diseases/conditions, or coding in a specific category. Printed in a second color so they are not mistaken for official instructions or notations. Helpful for the A&P, term, and patho questions on the Certification exam. . Numerous annotations throughout Volume 2 - Explanation of a disease, located just prior to that disease listing - Helps students and coders understand more about a particular disease to ensure they have the correct code. . Official Coding Guidelines - CMS document issued annually explaining latest coding rules - This is a must-have for students and coders alike since coding guidelines change annually. . Symbols to identify new or revised material - Indicated by two distinctive symbols - Clearly identifies all new and revised codes from the previous year. . Guide to the updates - At-a-glance listing of all new and revised codes for that year, located in front matter - Helpful to professional coders who may not be aware of certain updates to codes they use frequently. . Price - Reasonable for what you get - A real value for students and coders alike.

Casemix system or Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) has been implemented in UKM-Medical Centre, currently known as Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM, since 2002 with the deployment of a locally developed MY-DRG casemix grouper. Coding of diagnosis and procedures using ICD-10 and ICD9-CM are among the major variables required for optimum implementation of casemix system. The impact of coding errors on hospital revenue and budget has rarely been assessed in countries that implement casemix system for provider's reimbursement. This book reports an outcome of the first study done in Malaysia to quantify the economic losses due to coding errors. A blinded re-coding process was conducted to evaluate the quality of clinical coding of randomly selected patient medical records from four major specialities in the hospital: Medical, Surgical, Paediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. The rates of overall coding errors were identified, and the different types of coding errors were analysed and reported in detail. The amount of losses in hospital revenue due to coding errors were estimated in the study. Factors that led to the coding errors of diagnoses and procedures were analysed and presented in this book. It is hope that results of this unique research reported in this book would encourage leaders in hospital services to pay serious attention on the problems and embark on intensive and continues training of coders and other clinical staff to effectively reduce the coding errors in the implementation of casemix system.

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