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Principles of CPT Coding - An excellent tool
This book is an excellent self-learning guide for new coders as well as an excellent refresher tool for intermediate coders. It provides valuable guidelines and excercises to enrich your coding knowledge. It is a tool to be used along with the CPT Code Book - not as a replacement. This book would be well worth the money as a reference book. ... Read more

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Annual text features color-coded tabular, intuitive symbols, and hundreds of clinically-oriented diagnosis definitions and illustrations. Wire-spiral binding, softcover not yet available. ... Read more

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Good for students ONLY
It's now a year old, but still very usable for the coding student. You're asking for BIG trouble if you take this to work and actually use it. It is no longer usable for 2003 and beyond. It should only be half priced. ... Read more

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With the combination of all three volumes of the ICD-9-CM, the HCPCS, and the Official Coding Guidelines, this comprehensive manual is a must-have resource at an affordable price! The 2002 edition features the ICD-9-CM and the HCFA Official Coding guidelines in a single volume, with the 2002 HCPCSavailable to download and print from a new companion website accessed via the unique passcode in each book. The website also offers other value-added features, including links to key coding sites, coding tips and more. ... Read more

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Very Helpful Book
This is a good book for a student to begin to feel comfortable with these systems ... Read more

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Good Information
This book is a good beginner course in CPT. It's refreshing to buy a workbook and actually have the answers in the back for you. I have used it often, and it was a good refresher course for me.

CPT Coding Handbook with Answers
This book gives a great overall preview of all facets of the medical community and how to apply CPT coding accordingly. The exercises at the end of each chapter are invaluable. Well worth the investment. ... Read more

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This beginner's self-study guide was designed to help physician office staff accurately assign ICD-9-CM codes. Accuracy in coding and billing is a key factor in promoting your office's financial success. This guidebook provides coding tools needed to receive the optimal appropriate payment that your office is entitled to while complying with such third-party payer cost containment guidelines as medical necessity.(physician office billing, ICD-9-CM, primary care billing, processing claim forms, HCFA-1500) ... Read more

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This workbook contains coding exercises referencing each section of the CPT-4 and ICD-9-CM coding manuals, as well as HCPCS Level II Codes.These exercises use the same terms physicians use when they describe services.Students will expand their medical vocabulary as well as increase their coding skills for the physician's office.This workbook includes HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) rules for diagnosis coding and reporting by physicians.Students need current CPT-4, ICD-9-CM, HCPCS coding manuals to complete the exercises. ... Read more

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the backbone to CODING® - 2003 edition

the backbone to CODING® - 2003 edition is a compilation of 675 procedural coding exercises, 71 complex coding scenarios, steps to help accurately code procedures, easy to understand modifier definitions in the front of each section, abbreviations to help you code the exercises/scenarios, commonly used medical terminology, plus an answer key!

AAPC CEUs = 5 ... Read more

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Annual revision of a Brandon/Hill Allied Health List first-purchase selection (#402). Compilation of descriptive terms with identifying codes used in reporting physician services and procedures. For coding and reimbursement staff. Wire-spiral binding. Other editions offered: softcover standard, wire-spiral professional, and professional edition in a three-ring binder. ... Read more

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So Easy To Use
If you're going to update your cpt book, be sure to pick this one up. Not only does it come with tabs to divide each section for quick reference, but the spiral binding is extremely convenient for looking up codes. Now you can leave a page exposed without worrying about the book falling closed, which is fabulous!

Comprehensive Guide From The People Who Know
If you're interested in learning medical terminology for professions such as Medical Transcriptionist, this is a strong text for you to use. The format is easy to use and the content up-to-date. I strongly recommend this text. ... Read more