ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook 2006, with Answers, Used [Paperback]

The ICD-9-CM Coding Handbooks are the most widely used training textbooks and the only editions published in collaboration with the Central Office on ICD-9-CM of the American Hospital Association. The Central Office is an official industry body that participates in the editorial development, preliminary testing, and national committee and congressional hearings on ICD-9 and ICD-10 specifications and rules. Central Office staff are the nation's experts on coding protocols. These Coding Handbooks help coders learn and understand the basic principles so they can apply the official coding advice provided by the Central Office publications. The books continue the groundbreaking work of Faye Brown, a recognized coding expert, and Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA, the director of coding and classification at the American Hospital Association (AHA). Leon-Chisen also heads the Central Office on ICD-9-CM and the Central Office on HCPCS. Book jacket.

ICD-9-CM Coding Handbook, with Answers, Used [Paperback]