Item ICD08 ISBN 978-1-933806-20-4 $199 $149 . While other coding books say they are for home health, only the Complete Home Health Diagnosis Coding Manual was created expressly for the home health industry. This text simplifies coding, prevents RHHI denials and helps secure every reimbursement dollar.

Home care clinicians often are not trained diagnostic coders. Don’t force them to rely solely on brackets, italics and other confusing coding conventions. Ensure accurate coding and complete reimbursement with The Complete Home Health ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual.

The Complete Home Health Diagnosis Coding Manual offers the following EXCLUSIVE features:

• Home health coding examples for every ICD-9 chapter. More than 200 home care assessment scenarios and code assignment answers ensure you’re coding cases properly. See what coding experts would assign as M0230, M0240 and M0245.
• Utilization benchmarks and analysis of home health diagnoses. Are you using a code so often that it could trigger RHHI documentation review. Now, you can benchmark your HHA’s coding practices against those of more than 700 HHAs nationwide with exclusive data on OASIS M0230, M0240, M0245, V code usage, and more.
• Updated V codes sequencing and official guidance. New changes dramatically affect V code sequencing. Symbols alert you when V Codes should be used as primary or as an additional diagnosis. Official code set instructional notes and conventions are provided that keep you in compliance with HIPAA regulations so you can avoid costly denials and delays or even worse fines.
• Narrative chapter introductions that quickly give a sense of the codes you’ll find there. These one or two-page write-ups before each chapter highlight top home care diagnoses and explain in plain-English the body systems covered to bring even new coders up to speed. Dictionary-style headers and colored tabs improve your coding effiencies, allowing you to save your precious time.
• Official guidance on home health. Critical government documents, like CMS home health diagnoses memos and diagnoses Q&As, PPS final rule excerpts and tables 8A&B, are now all in one place for easy reference.
• Approved for up to 4 CEUs by the Board of Medical Specialty Coding. For details on BMSC, visit them at:
  http://www.medicalspecialtycoding.com/
• Code Tips, Shortcuts and Warnings. Stay alert to required POC documentation and keep clear of common mistakes and RHHI coding edits with the hints found right along-side the codes in Vol. 1. Find nearly 500 coding pointers that keep you clear of common mistakes, tell you how many C 950 - mix points you'll earn and clarify clerical terminology based on real-world home care coders common queries.
• Dollar-sign Icons to Identify Case-Mix Codes. Easily spot case-mix diagnoses and use the listed point values to avoid losing out on revenue to which you are entitled.
• Case-Mix and V-Code Cheatsheets. Find all your case-mix codes and V codes in handy tables that also tell you whether you need to code them at 3, 4 or 5 digits for full specificity. Pull 'em out and tack 'em on your wall for an instant billing/coding tool.