Coders' Dictionary - 2016 - Softcover

Optum360

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1601517874 ISBN 13: 9781601517876

Publisher: Optum360º, 2015

Synopsis

Coders Dictionary 2016
Unlike other medical dictionaries, the 2016 Coders Dictionary helps you understand medical terminology from a coder s perspective. This unique dictionary was developed to meet the specific needs of medical coders, admitting clerks, billers, and adjudicators.
Key Features and Benefits
Get essential clinical terms with code assignments. With easy-to-understand explanations, plus CPT®, HCPCS, and ICD code assignments.

More than 1,200 new terms added for ICD-10. The ICD-10 icon marks key new ICD-10 terms, such as root operations and body part keys.

In total, includes more than 9,500 alphabetic entries and 250 illustrations for terminology key to code selection so you can find definitions for medical nomenclature, eponyms, new technology, and acronyms.

Clear, concise definitions for clinical, coding, billing, and reimbursement terms. No need to use multiple print or electronic references to access medical definitions.

Illustrations. Detailed illustrations accompany medical terminology to enhance understanding of the definition.

New and updated terms for ICD-10, CPT®, and HCPCS code sets, plus terms for CMS programs and regulations (ACOs, PQRS, EHR/prescribing), and including many new lab and path terms that appear in 2015 CPT® code set.

CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association

Edition details

• Publisher: Optum360º
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1601517874
• ISBN 13: 9781601517876
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 606