Download Sample Pages Item IHHS09 ISBN 978-1-60151-133-1 $136.95 The ICD-9-CM Expert for Home Health Services, Nursing Facilities and Hospices, Volumes 1, 2 & 3, is Ingenix's specialized ICD-9-CM resource that is as smart and dependable as the coders who use it. This book incorporates critical coding and reimbursement edit alerts designed specifically for these types of facilities—on the same page as the code you need. With an easy-to-use layout, you’ll be able to code with increased precision and efficiency.

• New Feature! Ingenix Exclusive—Code changes 2009. All the hallmark features of the Ingenix editions—Plus! Chapter-by-chapter, detailed clinical and coding information with coding scenarios for all the new codes adopted for 2009, making training and referencing the code changes a snap.
• Ingenix Edge—ICD-9-CM Fast Finder for Home Health Services, Nursing Facilities and Hospices, at no additional charge. Two-sided laminated sheet contains commonly used HHA, SNF and hospice ICD-9-CM codes so you can quickly locate the code you’re looking for.
• Ingenix Edge—10 steps to correct coding.
• Step-by-step instruction to improve coding accuracy and use of ICD-9-CM conventions.
• Ingenix Edge—Intuitive color coding and symbol system. Quickly identify coding and reimbursement issues specific to home health, skilled nursing and hospice for improved coding accuracy and work efficiency.
• Ingenix Edge—“Additional Digit Required” symbol in the tabular and both the disease and procedure indexes. Color-coded symbols indicate whether the code is invalid without a fourth or fifth digit.
• Ingenix Edge—Symbols identify V code sequencing restrictions. Quickly identify when V codes can be used only as primary or only as an additional diagnosis.
• Current official code set with instructional notes and conventions and complete official coding guidelines. Comply with HIPAA transaction and code set requirements to avoid delayed or denied claims and costly fines for violating HIPAA requirements.
•  AHA’s Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM references. AHA's Coding Clinic provides the official coding advice that every coder in every health care setting must follow for ICD-9-CM.
• Definitions and illustrations. Verify the correct code using clinically oriented definitions and illustrations that give the user an in-depth understanding of anatomy and disease processes.
• Dictionary-style headers, QuickFlip™ color tabs, legends and keys on each page. Spend less time coding each claim.
• Summary of new code changes for 2009. Eliminate the guesswork and reduce denied claims due to use of outdated codes. 

For Home Health Agencies

• Exclusive—Excerpts from the home health prospective payment system final rule.
• Better forecast revenue by understanding the prospective payment system and how it will affect overall reimbursement of home health services.
• Exclusive—Notation identifying diagnoses that group to the clinical dimension. Quickly identify primary and secondary diagnoses that group a patient to clinical dimensions, helping to ensure appropriate reimbursement.
• Medicare Home Health Manual, section 204. Quickly locate coverage information for home health services.

For the Skilled Nursing Facility

For Hospice Services

• Color coding for diagnosis codes and guidelines addressing the Medicare hospice coverage of noncancer hospice care. At a glance know what criteria need to be met and which diagnosis codes may qualify a noncancer patient for hospice care before submitting a claim. 
• Valuable resources—Home health criteria for coverage and summary of the HHA prospective payment system.