Synopsis
UPDATED FOR CHANGES IN 2026! Looking for an interesting way to learn diagnosis coding? Is your coding class textbook hard to read or even confusing? This interactive study guide, with pro-level tips and interesting scenario-based exercises, can help you make sense of the thousands of diagnosis codes. This unique don’t-sweat-it style of learning cuts to the chase and simplifies learning while progressing from basic concepts to more difficult scenarios.
LEARN BY DOING. You’ll jump right in, using the ICD-10-CM from the very beginning. More than 1500 exercises not only provide the answers immediately, but also show the step-by-step process and reasoning in selecting exactly the right code. Scenario-based exercises and Quick Quizzes reinforce learning.
Coding is serious business, but you can have a little fun while learning, so enjoy THERE’S A CODE FOR THAT?? Unique and sometimes downright hilarious diagnosis codes that are HUMOROUSLY ILLUSTRATED to give your mind a smile break
You'll enjoy IT’S ALL GREEK (OR LATIN) TO ME! Coding requires knowing some medical terminology and this surprisingly simple technique of graphics and exercises to demystify long, foreign-sounding medical terminology. Without boring memorization, you'll employ your new understanding of hundreds of common Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes and root words to decipher multi-syllable body parts, conditions and diagnoses.
Requires access to the ICD-10-CM codes either printed or online.
About the Author
In his three decades of experience in the healthcare reimbursement business, Randall A. Simmons, M.Ed., C.R.C.R., has worked on both the provider side and the payer side. After earning a Bachelor of Science in psychology, Mr. Simmons earned a Master of Education in instructional technology. He also holds the Certified Revenue Cycle Representative certification from the Healthcare Financial Management Association. After gaining more than a decade of experience in the insurance industry, Mr. Simmons established his own software company and developed proprietary software to process health insurance claims. He went on the develop computer and internet-based training programs for medical providers, as well as for large and small health insurance companies in North America and abroad. Mr. Simmons has taught in both the academic environment as a college workforce development instructor and at the corporate level in the medical and insurance fields. He also has developed numerous handbooks, guides and other teaching tools. Mr. Simmons brings his unique classroom manner to the printed page, making learning easy and fun. And most importantly, his teaching is designed to enable those new to the field as well as experienced professionals, to become high performers in their chosen careers.
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