2013 Subspecialty Navigator® for Radiology Diagnosis Coding (ICD-9)

Edition: 2013

This guide provides all of the information you need to assign ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for radiology services. For the new coder, the guide includes explanations of ICD-9-CM coding guidelines and teaches you how to extract the information you need from the radiology report quickly and effectively. For more experienced radiology coding professionals, the guide includes explanations and tips on dealing with problematic diagnosis coding scenarios like OB ultrasound, mammograms, preoperative exams, motor vehicle accidents, catheter checks, abnormal findings, etc.

Intended Audience: Professionals who code and bill for physician practices, hospital outpatient departments, independent diagnostic testing facilities (IDTFs), and other freestanding imaging centers.

Special Features: Numerous hands-on exercises to test your skills. Comes with laminated job aid listing the ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes most commonly used in radiology. (Job aid can also be purchased separately.)

This subspecialty Navigator clarifies:

• How to review a radiology report

• Identifying reportable diagnoses

• ICD-9-CM coding conventions

• Trauma

• Neoplasms

• Obstetrics

• And much more!