Icd 10 Pcs Coding Guidelines Made Easy

This book includes the guidelines for PCS coding for 2021 (effective October 1, 2020). New for this edition: decision trees for root operations and approaches; and quizzes to test yourself on the 7 characters required for each code. The book takes the confusing guidelines and places them into easy-to-use charts in plain English. Covers surgical, obstetrical, medical and surgical-related, ancillary and new technology sections. Each body system is discussed separately with guidelines and sample coding for common procedures. Finally, a PCS dictionary is included. This book was developed by a coding teacher to help her students and others understand the complicated and confusing coding guidelines. (See also other Coding Made Easy books--for ICD-CM, External Causes, and E/M coding)

See 2024 Update! The 2023 guidelines are effective October 1 2022! Keep up to date on the latest changes to ICD-10-PCS coding. This book also covers all the guidelines for each character in the Medical and Surgical Section, Obstetrics Section, Other Medical and Surgical-Related Sections, and Ancillary Sections. The book includes decision trees to help select the correct root operation and approach. Also included is a description of each body system, guidelines specific to that system, and provides examples of coding for the system. Finally, the book includes a PCS dictionary and a self-quiz on the characters. This book was developed by a coding teacher to help her students and others understand the complicated and confusing coding guidelines.

ICD-10-CM updates effective October 1, 2020. New for this edition--Review quizzes to help the reader differentiate between codes for mother and baby, musculoskeletal system and injury, and poisoning, adverse effects, toxic effects and underdosing. This book was developed by a certified coding teacher to help her students and others understand the complicated and confusing coding guides. It translates the guidelines into plain English and places them into tables for easy reference. See also Coding Made Easy books on PCS, External Causes, and E/M coding.

Many people find the Official Coding Guidelines for ICD-10-PCS dense, confusing and repetitive. This book was developed by a coding teacher frustrated with textbooks that listed guidelines but did not explain them. In this publication, the guidelines and other confusing aspects of coding are translated into everyday English and placed in charts to help coders and students understand them. Examples are given for common surgical and ancillary procedures in each body system. The book includes: general PCS guidelines, guidelines for specific body system, summary of changes for 2020, a dictionary of PCS terms, and an index.

This book takes the confusing, dense coding guidelines and translates them into plain English. The guidelines are then placed into tables for easy reference. It was developed by a coding instructor, with many years of teaching experience, who was frustrated by textbooks that printed the guidelines but didn't explain them. The book is designed as a supplement to coding textbooks and as a reference for coding professionals. This book includes the official coding guidelines effective October 1, 2019.

This book was developed by a coding teacher to help her students understand the complicated and confusing coding guidelines for external cause codes.The book takes the guidelines and translates them into plain English and places them into charts for easy reference. It also includes a simplified, easier-to-use index to external causes. This book is based on the Official Coding Guidelines effective October 1, 2020. It is updated every fall. See also Coding Made Easy books on ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, and E/M coding.

The Official Coding Guidelines for ICD-10-CM are dense, confusing and repetitive. In addition, guidelines related to a single body system may be located in multiple sections of the guidelines. It takes a lot of time to find the correct guideline and interpret it. This book combines all the guidelines for one body system or condition in one place. The guidelines are rewritten into plain English and presented in easy-to-use tables. The tables provide information on definitions, sequencing requirements and need for additional codes. This enables the coder to find the needed guideline quickly and easily. This book is designed for use by students and as quick reference for coders working in the field.

These guidelines have been approved by the four organizations that make up the Cooperating Parties for the ICD-10-CM: the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), CMS, and NCHS. These guidelines are a set of rules that have been developed to accompany and complement the official conventions and instructions provided within the ICD-10-CM itself. The instructions and conventions of the classification take precedence over guidelines. These guidelines are based on the coding and sequencing instructions in the Tabular List and Alphabetic Index of ICD-10-CM, but provide additional instruction. Adherence to these guidelines when assigning ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes is required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The diagnosis codes (Tabular List and Alphabetic Index) have been adopted under HIPAA for all healthcare settings. A joint effort between the healthcare provider and the coder is essential to achieve complete and accurate documentation, code assignment, and reporting of diagnoses and procedures. These guidelines have been developed to assist both the healthcare provider and the coder in identifying those diagnoses that are to be reported. The importance of consistent, complete documentation in the medical record cannot be overemphasized. Without such documentation accurate coding cannot be achieved. The entire record should be reviewed to determine the specific reason for the encounter and the conditions treated.