ICD-9-CM Standard Compact for Hospitals

Please note: You may wish to pay attention to publication dates listed below when making your selection of the spiral editions, or simply choose the updateable, loose leaf binder version. The updateable version will provide you with three additional updates within the first 12 months of your purchase.

2011 Standard Compact, 6" x 9"
ISBN 1601513917
978-1601513915
Ingenix / Thomson Delmar Learning
October 2010
(click below for the very best price for this 2011 spiral edition)

2012 Standard Compact, 6" x 9"
ISBN 1601514921
978-1601514929
Ingenix / Thomson Delmar Learning
September 2011
(click below for the very best price for this 2012 spiral edition)

An up-to-date ICD-9-CM code set is critical to your facility’s timely reimbursement - and necessary for daily coding work. experts add valuable resources and track regulatory and coding changes to provide this premier code reference that meets your professional coding needs.

Now enhanced with a modified font and more vibrant colors and paper to improve readability, the Ingenix ICD-9-CM for Hospitals, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 continues to support efficient and precise professional coding for facilities.

Loaded with innovative features and content to address regulatory changes and coding challenges, Ingenix experts study industry changes and trends to ensure the information is up-to-date and accurate. And by listening to customers and leaning on the experience of other coding experts, we are able to design easy-to use coding resources that more effectively support your daily work.

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Highlighted coding informational notes. Recognize important code usage guidance for specific sections more easily with highlighted notes.
Symbols identify MCC and CC conditions. Ensure appropriate reimbursement by reporting patient severity correctly. Know when conditions are considered a complication or comorbidity and which are major CCs that impact MS-DRG assignment.
Hospital-acquired condition (HAC) alerts. Know which conditions when not present upon admission will not impact DRG assignment.
Adjunct procedure code alert. Learn how to properly use ICD-9-CM procedure codes that provide additional information only and cannot be used alone.
Coding instructional note alerts. Avoid missing important ICD-9-CM coding instruction critical to accurate coding.
Wrong surgery edit. Spot cases in which the wrong surgery was performed and are then exempt from reimbursement.
MCC and CC codes paired with principal diagnosis exclusions. Identify at a glance if the assigned complication or comorbidity code will impact MS-DRG assignment based on the established principal diagnosis (PDx).
HIV major related diagnosis code alert. Understand when a diagnosis entered as a secondary diagnosis with HIV will group the case to a higher paying MS-DRG 974-976 for improved reimbursement.
Additional digit required symbols. Know when an additional fourth or fifth digit is required for code specificity and validity to avoid invalid code submissions (provided in Index and Tabular Section).
Diagnosis Medicare Code Edit (MCE) alerts. Color coding and symbols identify all major MCEs used to audit claims submitted under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for diagnosis, including unacceptable PDx, questionable admission PDx, age, sex, CC and MCC, and manifestation codes.
Procedure Medicare Code Edit (MCE) alerts. Improve claim accuracy with alerts to all major Medicare edits pertaining to procedures—valid OR procedures, non-covered, limited coverage, non-operating room procedures affecting DRG assignment, bilateral edits, and sex edits.
Intuitive color-coded symbols and alerts. Identify critical coding and reimbursement issues quickly with alerts on the same page as the code you need.
New and revised code alerts with dated pages. Know which codes and instructions are new or revised, with dates on the page indicating when the change was made.
Synopsis of code changes. Perform accurate retrospective claim audits with new code information for the year.
Hallmark page design and features. Locate information quickly with a user-friendly page design, including dictionary-style headers, QuickflipTM color bleed tabs, and legend keys.
HIPAA compliance. Comply with HIPAA code set requirements to avoid delayed or denied claims and costly fines for violations.

Anita Hart, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, has experience that includes 15 years conducting and publishing research in clinical medicine and human genetics for Yale University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research conclusions have been published in several peer-reviewed journals. In addition, Ms. Hart has supervised medical records management, health information management, coding and reimbursement, and workers' compensation issues as the office manager for a physical therapy rehabilitation clinic. Ms. Hart is an expert in physician and facility coding, reimbursement systems, and compliance issues. Ms. Hart is also the author of the Complete Coding Tutor, ICD-9-CM Changes: An Insider's View, and has served as technical consultant for numerous other publications for hospital and physician practices. Currently, Ms. Hart is the product manager and technical editor for the ICD-9-CM, DRG, and ICD-10 product lines.

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Please remember: The government no longer allows a grace period for annual code sets. The new HIPAA Transaction and Code Set Rule requires providers to use national medical code sets that are valid at the time that a service is provided. ICD-9-CM code revisions become effective October 1st each year while CPT and HCPCS code revisions become effective January 1st. In order for you to meet this requirement, you must have the revised CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-9-CM codes in your possession before the implementation dates. The best way to do this is to order your code books early. Review current coding resources.

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