"ICD-10-CM/PCS will require 'raising the bar' for coders," explains Elsevier author and coding expert Karla Lovaasen. "Coders will have to be more knowledgeable about procedures, anatomy and physiology, and medical terminology to code using ICD-10-CM/PCS. The sooner the learning process begins, the better."
To help you keep your course at the forefront of coding education, Lovaasen and co-author Jennifer Schwerdtfeger have partnered with Elsevier to prepare a new version of their popular ICD-9-CM Coding: Theory and Practice text dedicated entirely to ICD-10-CM/PCS.
Available in Fall 2011, ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding: Theory and Practice incorporates core coding principles with the ICD-10-CM/PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OCGR) to deliver the fundamental understanding coders need to prepare for the future of diagnosis coding in hospital and physician settings. View a sample chapter!
2012 ICD-9-CM Coding: Theory and Practice with ICD-10 has also been completely updated and is available in Fall 2011.
To learn more about this and other ICD-10-CM/PCS resources, contact your Elsevier Education Solutions Consultant or visit elsevierhealth.com.
I am in the process of choosing ICD 10 textbooks for my HIT program. I would like to suggest that you consider allowing us to view a chapter that actually shows the layout of CM or PCS. If I had to choose a text based on chapter one, I would not choose this one. This would be helpful especially since you will not be releasing your book until October.
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LDBlack
Thanks for the suggestion LDBlack. Currently, this chapter is all we have available to show but if you are interested in learning more you should contact your Elsevier rep. If you are unsure of who your rep is call 1-800-22-9570.
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Abby H. (Elsevier employee)