ICD-9 DEMYSTIFIED: DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY YOUR CODE BOOK
Your guided tour will give you the foundation you need to:

• Map diagnoses to your 485, OASIS M0230/M0240, M0245 and UB-92
• Navigate the codes using the Index and crosswalk to your conditions in the tabular list (Vol. I)
• Decipher formatting and language clues in Vol. I
• Assign PPS Case-Mix codes

CRITICAL-THINKING ROADMAP TO CONVENTIONS AND KEY CODE TYPES Many of the conditions you code have their own unique sequencing considerations. Learn to select the appropriate, most specific codes with simple sequencing exercises and patient scenarios for:

• Aftercare V codes vs. status codes vs. history codes, including V57.1 and V-code/case-mix code combinations
• Late effects vs. complications, including qualifying events for each code type
• Manifestation codes, including case-mix manifestation codes
• Basic level trauma codes, signs and symptoms codes

DON'T LET LIKE CONDITIONS TRIP YOU UP
Defining the differences that drive your code selection. You’ll clear up common trouble spots like:

• Abnormality of gait vs. difficulty walking
• Malaise and fatigue vs. general weakness vs. muscular wasting and atrophy vs. debility vs. muscle weakness
• Wound dehiscence vs. open wounds vs. trauma wounds vs. surgical wounds