Let's Code It! 2022-2023 Code Edition

by Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Shelley Safian

Overview

Let’s Code It! provides a 360-degree learning experience for anyone interested in the field of medical coding, with strong guidance down the path to coding certification. It is designed to give your students the medical coding experience they need in order to pass their first medical coding certification exams, such as the CCS/CCS-P or CPC/COC. This product is part of a multipart series that instructs students on how to become proficient in medical coding—a health care field that continues to be in high demand.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781265334628
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	03/08/2022
Pages:	1296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mary Johnson is currently the Medical Record Coding Program Director at Central Carolina Technical College, Sumter, South Carolina. Her background includes corporate training as well as on-campus and online platforms. Johnson also designs and implements customized coding curricula. Johnson received her Bachelor of Arts dual degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina. Johnson is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credentialed through the American Academy of Professional Coders and is ICD-10-CM proficient.

Dr. Shelley C. Safian has been teaching Health Care Administration, Health Information Management, and Medical Billing and Coding, both onsite and online, for more than 15 years. Safian writes a monthly Q&A column for the online publication Just Coding and writes several articles each year on various aspects of coding. In addition, she is the author of six textbooks. Her newest book, Foundations of Health Care Administration, was released January 2014. Safian is in her fourth year as the chair of the continuing education committee for FHIMA (Florida Health Information Management Association). In the past, she has served on several committees and practice councils on the national, state, and local levels of the American Health Information Management Association. She is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS-P), a Certified Professional Coder (CPC-H, CPC-I), and an ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer.

Table of Contents

PART I: Medical Coding Fundamentals
 1 Introduction to the Languages of Coding
 2 Abstracting Clinical Documentation
 3 The Coding Process


PART II: Reporting Diagnoses
 4 Introduction to ICD-10-CM
 5 Coding Infectious Diseases
 6 Coding Neoplasms
 7 Coding Conditions of the Blood and Immunological Systems
 8 Coding Endocrine Conditions
 9 Coding Mental, Behavioral, and Neurologic Disorders
10 Coding Dysfunction of the Optical and Auditory Systems
11 Coding Cardiovascular Conditions
12 Coding Respiratory Conditions
13 Coding Digestive System Conditions
14 Coding Integumentary Conditions
15 Coding Muscular and Skeletal Conditions
16 Coding Injury, Poisoning, and External Causes
17 Coding Genitourinary, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Congenital, and Pediatrics Conditions
18 Factors Influencing Health Status (Z Codes)
19 Inpatient (Hospital) Diagnosis Coding
20 Diagnostic Coding Capstone


PART III: Reporting Physician Services and Outpatient Procedures
21 Introduction to CPT
22 CPT and HCPCS Level II Modifiers
23 CPT Evaluation and Management Coding
24 CPT Anesthesia Section
25 CPT Surgery Section
26 CPT Radiology Section
27 CPT Pathology & Lab Section
28 CPT Medicine Section
29 Physicians’ Services Capstone


PART IV: DMEPOS Transportation
30 HCPCS Level II
31 DMEPOS and Transportation Capstone


PART V: Inpatient (Hospital) Reporting
32 Introduction to ICD-10-PCS
33 ICD-10-PCS Medical and Surgical Section
34 Obstetrics Section
35 Placement through Chiropractic Sections
36 Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy Sections 
37 Physical Rehabilitation and Diagnostic Audiology through New Technology Sections
38 Inpatient Coding Capstone


PART VI: Reimbursement, Legal, and Ethical Issues
39 Reimbursement
40 Introduction to Health Care Law and Ethics


Let’s Code It! is the comprehensive title in a series of four books. The other titles are:
Let’s Code It! ICD-10-CM: includes Parts 1, 2 and 6
Let’s Code It! ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS: includes Parts 1, 2, 5 and 6
Let’s Code It! Procedure: includes Parts 1 and 3-6