Let’s Code It! provides a 360-degree learning experience for anyone interested in the field of medical coding, with strong guidance down the path to coding certification. It is designed to give your students the medical coding experience they need in order to pass their first medical coding certification exams, such as the CCS/CCS-P or CPC/COC. This product is part of a multipart series that instructs students on how to become proficient in medical coding—a health care field that continues to be in high demand.

Table of Contents

PART I: Medical Coding Fundamentals

1 Introduction to the Languages of Coding

2 Abstracting Clinical Documentation

3 The Coding Process

PART II: Reporting Diagnoses

4 Introduction to ICD-10-CM

5 Coding Infectious Diseases

6 Coding Neoplasms

7 Coding Conditions of the Blood and Immunological Systems

8 Coding Endocrine Conditions

9 Coding Mental, Behavioral, and Neurologic Disorders

10 Coding Dysfunction of the Optical and Auditory Systems

11 Coding Cardiovascular Conditions

12 Coding Respiratory Conditions

13 Coding Digestive System Conditions

14 Coding Integumentary Conditions

15 Coding Muscular and Skeletal Conditions

16 Coding Injury, Poisoning, and External Causes

17 Coding Genitourinary, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Congenital, and Pediatrics Conditions

18 Factors Influencing Health Status (Z Codes)

19 Inpatient (Hospital) Diagnosis Coding

20 Diagnostic Coding Capstone

PART III: Reporting Physician Services and Outpatient

Procedures

21 Introduction to CPT

22 CPT and HCPCS Level II Modifiers

23 CPT Evaluation and Management Coding

24 CPT Anesthesia Section

25 CPT Surgery Section

26 CPT Radiology Section

27 CPT Pathology & Lab Section

28 CPT Medicine Section

29 Physicians’ Services Capstone

PART IV: DMEPOS & Transportation

30 HCPCS Level II 910

31 DMEPOS and Transportation Capstone

PART V: Inpatient (Hospital) Reporting

32 Introduction to ICD-10-PCS

33 ICD-10-PCS Medical and Surgical Section

34 Obstetrics Section

35 Placement through Chiropractic Sections

36 Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy Sections

37 Physical Rehabilitation and Diagnostic Audiology through New Technology

Sections

38 Inpatient Coding Capstone

PART VI: Reimbursement, Legal, and Ethical Issues

39 Reimbursement

40 Introduction to Health Care Law and Ethics

Appendix A-1

Glossary G-1

About the Author

Mary Johnson is currently the Medical Record Coding Program Director at Central Carolina Technical College, Sumter, South Carolina. Her background includes corporate training as well as on-campus and online platforms. Johnson also designs and implements customized coding curricula. Johnson received her Bachelor of Arts dual degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina. Johnson is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credentialed through the American Academy of Professional Coders and is ICD-10-CM proficient.

Shelley C. Safian has been teaching Health Care Administration, Health Information Management, and Medical Billing and Coding, both onsite and online, for more than 15 years. Safian writes a monthly Q&A column for the online publication Just Coding and writes several articles each year on various aspects of coding. In addition, she is the author of six textbooks. Her newest book, Foundations of Health Care Administration, was released January 2014. Safian is in her fourth year as the chair of the continuing education committee for FHIMA (Florida Health Information Management Association). In the past, she has served on several committees and practice councils on the national, state, and local levels of the American Health Information Management Association. She is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS-P), a Certified Professional Coder (CPC-H, CPC-I), and an ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer.