Streamline your diagnosis coding process with Buck’s 2024 ICD-10-CM for Hospitals. Crafted by coders for coders, this vibrant, full-color manual encompasses all the essential ICD-10 codes for your inpatient coding needs. Given the intricacies of ICD-10-CM coding, and the vast array of possible codes to choose from, this edition simplifies the process. It features colorful anatomy plates, including illustrations from Netter’s Anatomy, aiding your comprehension of anatomy and its impact on your code selections. Additionally, it boasts a sturdy spiral binding and grants access to a companion website for the most current coding updates.
Here are some key features:
1. At-a-Glance Guide to 2024 ICD-10-CM Updates: In the front of the book, you’ll find a comprehensive list of all new, revised, and deleted codes, allowing for quick reference to coding changes.
2. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCRs): These guidelines are presented in full in the Introduction, at the beginning of each chapter, and integrated within the code set. They offer convenient access to coding rules when you need them most.
3. Full-Color Anatomy Plates: A dedicated section with full-color anatomy plates, including artwork from Netter’s Anatomy, provides an easy reference. These plates are cross-referenced within the Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries, enhancing your understanding of anatomy’s role in code selection.
4. Full-Color Design: The design incorporates consistent color-coded symbols and text, making it easier to access codes and coding information.
5. AHA’s Coding Clinic Citations: Official ICD-10-CM coding advice related to specific codes and their usage, sourced from the American Hospital Association’s Coding Clinic, is included.
6. Illustrations: Over 190 illustrations provide visual context and improve comprehension of specific coding scenarios.
7. Additional Elements: Items throughout the Tabular List offer valuable information on common diseases and conditions to ensure accurate coding. Specific codes include terms and coding instructions related to complex terminology, diseases, or coding within a specific category.
8. Symbols and Highlights: These draw attention to codes that may require special consideration, including new, revised, and deleted codes, unacceptable principal diagnoses, codes needing additional character(s), and more.
9. Placeholder X Symbol: A reminder to assign placeholder X for codes with fewer than 6 characters requiring a 7th character.
10. CC and MCC Symbols: Identify codes associated with secondary diagnoses from MS-DRGs and highlight exceptions for CC and MCC.
11. Hospital Acquired Condition Symbol: Clearly designates conditions to always be coded as hospital-acquired.
12. Manifestation Code Symbol: Identifies conditions where recording both the etiology and symptom is crucial.
13. HCC Symbol: Indicates diagnoses associated with Hierarchical Condition Categories in the Tabular List.
14. Age and Sex Edits: Denote codes used only with patients of a specific age or sex, helping ensure accuracy.
15. Updated 2024 Official Code Set: Reflects the most recent ICD-10 codes essential for diagnosis coding.
Simplify your diagnosis coding and stay up-to-date with the latest codes and guidelines using Buck’s 2024 ICD-10-CM for Hospitals. This resource is your trusted companion for accurate and efficient coding in the healthcare field.
