Coders' Desk Reference For Diagnoses 2006

by Ingenix

• ISBN13: 9781563377082
• ISBN10: 156337708X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Ingenix Inc

Summary

Coders? Desk Reference for Diagnoses provides coders, medical staff, payers, and health care professionals with a comprehensive and informative guide to a wide variety of commonly asked questions and definitions regarding the ICD-9-CM code set. Coders? Desk Reference for Diagnoses allows the user to: reduce the number of errors in code selection, understand the clinical meanings behind the codes, improve coding confidence by having essential coding tips and understand what specific information must be documented before assigning a code.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Format	v
ICD-9-CM Conventions	1	(4)
Official ICD-9-CM Coding Guidelines	5	(30)
Section I: Conventions	7	(23)
Section II: Selection of Principal Diagnosis	30	(1)
Section III: Additional Diagnoses -- Inpatient	31	(1)
Section IV: Diagnostic Coding -- Outpatient	32	(3)
Syndromes	35	(48)
Prefixes and Suffixes	83	(4)
Prefixes	83	(3)
Suffixes	86	(1)
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols	87	(14)
Anatomy Charts	101	(10)
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	111	(50)
Intestinal Infectious Diseases	111	(4)
Tuberculosis	115	(3)
Zoonotic Bacterial Diseases	118	(3)
Other Bacterial Diseases	121	(8)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection	129	(1)
Poliomyelitis and Other Non-arthropod-borne Viral Diseases of Central Nervous System	130	(1)
Viral Diseases Accompanied by Exanthem	131	(4)
Arthropod-borne Viral Diseases	135	(2)
Other Diseases Due to Viruses and Chlamydiae	137	(6)
Rickettsioses and Other Arthropod-borne Diseases	143	(2)
Syphilis and Other Venereal Diseases	145	(5)
Other Spirochetal Diseases	150	(1)
Mycoses	151	(3)
Helminthiases	154	(3)
Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	157	(2)
Late Effects of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	159	(2)
Neoplasms	161	(46)
Malignant Neoplasm of Lip, Oral Cavity, and Pharynx	162	(4)
Malignant Neoplasm of Digestive Organs and Peritoneum	166	(5)
Malignant Neoplasm of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs	171	(4)
Malignant Neoplasm of Bone, Connective Tissue, Skin, and Breast	175	(4)
Malignant Neoplasm of Genitourinary Organs	179	(5)
Malignant Neoplasm of Other and Unspecified Sites	184	(4)
Secondary and Unspecified Malignant Neoplasms of Lymph Nodes	188	(2)
Malignant Neoplasm of Lymphatic and Hematopoietic Tissue	190	(5)
Benign Neoplasms of Digestive and Respiratory System and Intrathoracic Organs	195	(2)
Benign Neoplasms of Bone, Connective, and Soft Tissues	197	(1)
Benign Neoplasms of Integumentary System	198	(1)
Benign Neoplasms of Genital Organs	199	(1)
Benign Neoplasms of Nervous System	200	(1)
Benign Neoplasms of Other and Unspecified Sites	201	(1)
Carcinoma In Situ	202	(2)
Neoplasms of Uncertain Behavior	204	(2)
Neoplasms of Unspecified Nature	206	(1)
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders	207	(24)
Disorders of Thyroid Gland	207	(2)
Diseases of Other Endocrine Glands	209	(9)
Nutritional Deficiencies	218	(2)
Other Metabolic and Immunity Disorders	220	(11)
Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Organs	231	(10)
Mental Disorders	241