Coding Book 2023 Coders' Desk Reference for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses

Features

• Provides thousands of clinical descriptions of disease, disease processes, injuries, poisonings, and other conditios to help both novices and seasoned coders attain the knowledge and skill necessary to accurately identify and assign the most specific ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for each documented condition
• Expanded with clinical descriptions and focus points for new and changed 2023 codes as well as existing ICD-10-CM codes
• Illustrations of pertinent anatomy and pathological changes related to the disease process are included as a visual aid
• Code level descriptions are provided for select diseases, injuries, symptoms, other factors influencing health status, and other reasons for contact with healthcare providers
• Clinical focus points help improve overall coding accuray with additional information for complex diagnoses and injuries that require an understanding of related codes and conditions that might better describe the documented condition
• Locate codes quickly with a resource developed to work hand-in-hand with your Optum ICD-10-CM codebook
• Understanding the clinical condition captured by each code is essential to correct code assignment, and this resource is designed to explain and highlight differences between codes that may appear similar at first glance
• Designed for both novices and seasoned coders