num_pages: 1040
description: Major changes are made each year to the ICD-9-CM code set. Stay up-to-date with the most recent ICD-9-CM code changes. Includes dictionary-style headings, color tabs and legends on each page. Complete features -Current official code set with complete summary of code Changes - Provides a quick reference to all relevant 2007 changes; includes instructional notes, additional conventions and complete coding guidelines -Clinically oriented definitions and illustrations -Color fourth- and fifth-digit alert symbols in index and Tabular - Flags when an additional digit is required -HIV code alerts - Helps to distinguish if secondary diagnoses may change the DRG assignment -IPPS compliance symbols - Identify all major Medicare Code -Edits (MCE) used to audit claims submitted under IPPS for diagnosis -DRG &amp; CC alert symbols - Aids in reducing "upcoding" audits and potential fines -Valid three-digit list - Complete list is used to identify a condition or disease when an additional digit is not available -Age and sex edits - Correctly identify codes that are restricted dependant upon age or sex of patient, lowering claim delays and denials -V code designation symbol alerts - Quickly recognize when V codes can be used only as primary or only as an additional diagnosis -"Unspecified" and "Other Specified" code alerts - Clearly identifies which codes to use when the medical record documentation does not contain enough information to assign a more specific or unavailable code
language: English
title: AMA ICD-9-CM 2007 Hospital: Full Size
titlecomplete: AMA ICD-9-CM 2007 Hospital: Full Size
publisher: Amer Medical Assn