ICD-10-CM 2020 Expert for Hospitals: Includes Guidelines (ICD-10-CM Expert for Hospitals)

ICD-10-CM Expert for Hospitals with 2020 Guidelines, with our hallmark features and format makes facing the challenge of accurate diagnosis coding easier for acute care and long term care hospitals (LTCH). This code book contains the complete ICD-10-CM code set, MCEs, and ICD-10 MS-DRG edits with symbols identifying codes for comorbidities/complications (CC), major comorbidities/complications (MCC). Also identified are Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) and CMS Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC).

Updated 2020 coding guidelines bound in the book. Please note the Amazon version does not contain snap in tabs.

Key Features and Benefits:

• NEW Coding Tips. Coding tips are reviewed and updated, with more new coding tips added to assist you in appropriate code selection.

• Intuitive features and format. Includes all of the Optum360 visual alerts, including our hallmark color-coding and symbols that identify coding notes and instructions, additional character requirements, MCEs, CC, MCC, HAC, HCC, severe wound diagnosis for LTCH and more.

• More Definitions. More clinical definitions are added for a better understanding of complex ICD-10-CM diagnostic terms.

• List of code changes and conversion table. A list of all 2020 new, revised, and deleted codes to identify at a glance code changes for your specialty. Plus an ICD-10-CM conversion table from the new and changed codes to the code previously used.

• Guidelines with coding example. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting including chapter-specific coding examples.

• Helpful illustrations. Detailed color anatomy illustration appendix. Plus many illustrations at the code level identifying specific code-related anatomy.

• Downloadable files. CC Excludes PDx collection, POA exempt codes.

• Supplementary appendixes. Additional information provided for POA coding and reporting tutorial; code lists for CC, MCC, as well as appendixes related to LTCH and more.