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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Coding Books > Professional Review Guide for the CCS Exam

Professional Review Guide for the CCS Examination, with Interactive CD-ROM 
Patricia Schnering, Calee Leversee, Toni Cade, Anita Hazelwood, Carole Venable

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2008 Edition
Paperback: 680+ pages + bonus CD-ROM 
ISBN 1435419316
9781435419315
Cengage / Thomson Delmar Learning
January 2008
(click below for the best available price on this 2008 edition)

 

 

Prepares users for the AHIMA certification examinations. Provides study tips, comprehensive lists of useful resources, and practice exam questions. Features an interactive CD-ROM with exams. Use the book and the Interactive CD-ROM to practice interpreting documentation and applying your clinical knowledge in assigning codes to diagnoses and procedure for a variety of patient settings including: 

  • Inpatient

  • Outpatient surgery

  • Emergency Room

  • Physician office

  • Long term Care

The Professional Review Guide for the CCS Examination contains:

  • study tips,

  • a comprehensive resource list,

  • a review section with multiple choice coding questions that review a broad range of competencies.

This valuable manual also includes

  • coding case studies for coding review for the CCS examination,

  • a mock examination that strives to mirror the CCS Examination.

The mock examination includes

  • 60 multiple choice coding questions reviewing a broad range of competencies,

  • 21 medical record coding cases,

  • 11 outpatient records,

  • 5 Ambulatory surgery,

  • 3 emergency room,

  • 3 other, and

  • 10 inpatient records.

The appendices include:

  • Official Guidelines for ICD-9-CM Guidelines for Coding and Reporting,

  • Commonly Administered Drugs,

  • Lab values, and

  • a new listing of updated ICD-9-CM coding changes for the current year.

Use the book and the Interactive CD-ROM to practice interpreting documentation and applying clinical knowledge in assigning codes to diagnoses and procedure for a variety of patient settings including: Inpatient, Outpatient surgery, Emergency Room, Physician office, and Long term Care.

Patricia Schnering is the founder of PRG Publishing Inc. and Professional Review Guides, Inc. She is a self-employed. Calee Leversee is currently a physician consulting for coding and billing practices and is employed at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, FL as a Health Information Coding Analyst Manager. She is co-author of the Professional Review Guide for the CCS and CCS-P Examinations and the Professional Review Guide for the CCS and CCS-P Examination.

Toni Cade is currently employed as Assistant Professor in the Health Information Management Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, LA. She is also an idependent consultant involved in providing educational workshops on coding (ICD-9-CM, CPT, Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines, and Interventional Radiology). Here consulting experience includes the performance of inpatient DRG audits. Anita Hazelwood is an Associate Professor in the Health Information Management Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette located in Lafayette, LA. She has a bachelor's degree in Medical Record Science, a Masters Degree in Library Science and has been a credentialed Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) for 25 years.

Anita Hazelwood, MLS, RHIA, FAHIMA is an Associate Professor in the Health Information Management Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette located in Lafayette, LA. She has a bachelor's degree in Medical Record Science, a Masters Degree in Library Science and has been a credentialed Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) for 25 years.

Barbara Price, MPA, RHIA is a graduate of the Health Information Management program at Chicago State University. She received her Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago (Member of the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration). She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Instructional Technology at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Prior to her current position, she was Director of Health Information Services and Clinical Assessment at Advocate Healthcare-Trinity Hospital. Her responsibilities included leadership of the Health Information Sevices, Quality Improvement, Admitting, Medical Staff and Library Services departments. Ms. Price has also held positions as Director and Assistant Director of Health Information Management Departments. She is currently an Assistant Professor int he Health Information Administration at Chicago State University. In 1999 Professor Price was awarded the honor of Excellence in Teaching.

Calee Leversee, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P is currently a physician consulting for coding and billing practices and is employed at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, FL as a Health Information Coding Analyst Manager. She is co-author of the Professional Review Guide for the CCS and CCS-P Examinations and the Professional Review Guide for the CCS and CCS-P Examination.

Toni Cade, MBA, RHIA, CCS is currently employed as Assistant Professor in the Health Information Management Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, LA. She is also an idependent consultant involved in providing educational workshops on coding (ICD-9-CM, CPT, Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines, and Interventional Radiology). Here consulting experience includes the performance of inpatient DRG audits.

Use the book and the Interactive CD-ROM to practice interpreting documentation and applying your clinical knowledge in assigning codes to diagnoses and procedure for a variety of patient settings.

Please remember that 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.

(information provided by the publisher)

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