Description

The 2023 ICD-10-CM Expert for Physicians is designed with simple navigation to help you find codes faster and boost your productivity.

Ensure your practice has the official ICD-10 code manual that has everything a medical practice coder needs for accurate and efficient diagnosis coding, as well as full HIPAA compliance.

More than just the code set, you also get official guidelines, definitions, and expert tips so you won't lose out on reimbursement payments due to coding errors. This manual is organized the way coders are accustomed to viewing the code set, featuring the alphabetical index and tabular, plus code descriptions and conventions. You won't need any other ICD-10-CM coding reference.

Get easy-to-understand coding information from the experts that you can rely on.

Features include:

• UPDATED Complete HIPAA-mandated ICD-10-CM code set--all ICD-10-CM codes and descriptions, organized across 21 chapters, including external causes and reasons for visit
  
• UPDATED Risk hierarchical condition code flag icon--added to comply with risk adjustment reporting requirements
  
• UPDATED Official Index--to easily navigate the new coding system using the index to the tabular section and the index to the external causes
  
• UPDATED Tables and indexes--including the Neoplasm and Drug and Chemical Tables and External Causes and Alphabetic Disease Indexes
  
• UPDATED ICD-10 guidelines excerpts -- embedded in the Tabular at the code level for the most commonly-used codes so that you can quickly access the rules you'll need to code accurately
  
• UPDATED Coding Tips--offer guidance and raise red flags to encourage compliance and accurate reimbursement
  
• UPDATED More than 200 code-specific illustrations --encourage better interpretation of clinical notes and ensure assignment of the correct code
  
• UPDATED Medical term definitions-- clarify diseases and conditions
  
• UPDATED Appendices--all new, revised, deleted codes
  
• UPDATED Muscle and tendon tables--providing crosswalks to codes
  
• EXCLUDES 2 conventions--included along with all other coding conventions (Includes, Clarifying Terms, Code First and Use Additional Code notes)
  
• Placeholder "X"--added to 3-, 4- and 5-character codes requiring 7th characters with a dash (-) in the 7th character position to identify it is needed
  
• 7th character icons--indicate codes that require a 7th digit to ensure specificity and validity
  
• Manifestation Code highlights--indicate codes that require pairing, plus blue "Code First" notes next to highlight manifestation codes requiring an etiology code
  
• Enhanced formatting in the tabular -- quickly distinguish between each code within a family.