There were over 500 ICD-9-CM code changes effective for 2009. Significant changes in healthcare will continue to drive changes in ICD-9-CM. Ensure you stay current with a leading coding and reimbursement resource geared toward your professional work -- the Ingenix ICD-9-CM Expert for Physicians. Loaded with innovative features and content to address regulatory changes and challenges, this Expert choice helps you comply with HIPAA code set regulations.
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Features and Benefits
Exclusive to the Expert edition:
Ingenix Edge — ICD-9-CM Code Changes: An Insider’s View. Find detailed, chapter-by-chapter clinical and coding tips for the new 2010 codes for reference at your finger tips all year.- Ingenix Edge — Coding Tables. Reduce time spent on code selection for complex diagnoses that typically require additional research and steps (includes new table covering history of code assignment).
- Valid three-digit code list. See at a glance whether a code is valid for claim submission to prevent denied claims due to invalid code usage.
- Email alerts for special reports. Stay current on the latest regulatory and ICD-9-CM code changes via electronic notification when new, crucial information posts to the Ingenix website.
Plus the New and Hallmark Features of our Professional and Standard editions:
- Ingenix Edge — ICD-10 Spotlight. Preview ICD-10 codes for the more frequently reported ICD-19-CM codes to learn as you work.
- Ingenix Edge — Coding Clinic and Official Coding Guideline Tips. Use citations to link to the official coding advice every coder in every healthcare setting must follow for ICD-9-CM and find official coding advice with the codes.
- Ingenix Edge — Instructional Note Alerts. Never miss an ICD-9-CM instructional note again. Overlooking important coding instruction impacts coding accuracy.
- Ingenix Edge—Reformatted Table of Drugs & Chemicals and Neoplasm Table in the Index. Get easier to use tables that help you code more accurately.
Hallmark color-coded symbols and alerts. Identify critical coding and reimbursement issues quickly with alerts on the same page as the code you need.- Additional digit symbols. Pinpoint when an additional digit is required for code specificity and validity to avoid invalid code submissions (provided in Index and Tabular Section).
- New and revised code alerts with dated pages. Know which codes and instructions are new or revised, with dates on the page indicating when the change was made.
- Synopsis of code changes. Perform accurate, retrospective claim audits by quickly identifying new code information for the year.
- V code symbols. Understand the appropriate use of V codes as primary or additional diagnosis for cleaner claim submissions.
- Illustrations and Definitions.
Meet the Expert
Anita Hart, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
Ms. Hart’s experience includes 15 years conducting and publishing research in clinical medicine and human genetics for Yale University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research conclusions have been published in several peer-reviewed journals. In addition, Ms. Hart has supervised medical records management, health information management, coding and reimbursement, and workers' compensation issues as the office manager for a physical therapy rehabilitation clinic. Ms. Hart is an expert in physician and facility coding, reimbursement systems, and compliance issues. Ms. Hart is also the author of the Complete Coding Tutor, ICD-9-CM Changes: An Insider's View, and has served as technical consultant for numerous other publications for hospital and physician practices. Currently, Ms. Hart is the product manager and technical editor for the ICD-9-CM, DRG, and ICD-10 product lines.
