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IHT08 |
| ISBN
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978-1-60151-037-2 |
| $82
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Our experts add valuable resources and track
regulatory and coding changes to
provide this premier code reference that
meets your professional coding needs. The
2008 ICD-9-CM Expert for
Hospitals, Volumes 1, 2 & 3
includes new features and resources designed
to simplify Severity of Illness and Present
on Admission issues. Be completely HIPAA
compliant using revised official coding
guidelines, references for official advice
from AHA Coding Clinic, coding
instructions and conventions, as well as
updated Medicare code edits. Work smarter
with our hallmark color coding and intuitive
symbols and integrate coding and
reimbursement into a single task. |
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Free
Snap-in Tabs
exclusive.
Tabs feature
detailed
information
on the new
2008 codes
and code
changes.
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Ingenix
Edge—Severity
of illness
alerts.
All
the new
classes of
primary or
secondary
diagnoses
that will
dramatically
affect
reimbursement
are
identified.
Report
patient
severity
correctly.
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Ingenix
Edge—Present
on Admission
indicators.
New
resource
provides
additional
information
and examples
for
reporting.
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Exclusive—Valid
three-digit
code list.
Know at a
glance
whether a
three-digit
code is
valid for
submitting a
claim,
improving
coding
accuracy.
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Exclusive—Pharmacological
listings.
Link drug
treatment
with disease
processes to
identify
complications
and
comorbidities
that may
affect DRG
assignment,
reducing the
potential
for “undercoding”.
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Exclusive—Dx/MDC/DRG
list.
Perform
quick audits
by knowing
which
diagnosis
codes and
MDCs group
to a
specific DRG
group,
reducing the
potential
for fines.
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Ingenix
Edge—CC
condition
symbol and
complete CC
code list
with
principal
diagnosis
exclusions.
Quickly
identify
complications
and
comorbidities
that affect
DRG
assignment.
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New Feature—Ingenix
Edge—Severity
of illness
alerts.
All
the new
classes of
primary or
secondary
diagnoses
that will
dramatically
affect
reimbursement
are
identified.
Report
patient
severity
correctly.
-
Ingenix
Edge—CC
condition
alert with
principal
diagnosis
exclusions
and complete
CC code
list.
Quickly
identify
complications
and
comorbidities
that affect
DRG
assignment
and know
when a CC
impacts DRG
assignment.
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Ingenix
Edge—AHA’s
Coding
Clinic for
ICD-9-CM
references.
Provides the
official
coding
advice that
every coder
in the
health care
setting must
follow for
ICD-9-CM.
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Color-coded
symbols and
alerts.
Major
cardiovascular
condition,
additional
digit,
adjunct
code, DRG,
HIV major
related
diagnosis,
major
complication
and complex
diagnosis.
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