Synopses & Reviews
The PROFESSIONAL REVIEW GUIDE FOR THE CCS EXAMINATION, 2012 EDITION is an essential, effective preparation tool for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) exam. This comprehensive learning package includes a reader-friendly, content-rich book, along with a CD-ROM featuring additional useful resources and interactive study tools. Thorough and up-to-date, this invaluable guide covers critical information to help you pass the exam and prepare for professional success, including material on current code sets and AHIMA standards, ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding, electronic medical records, HIPAA requirements, and relevant laws, standards, and procedures. In addition to mock exam questions and detailed answer keys, the guide includes study tips, coding case studies, and quizzes and activities linked to AHIMA competencies to help you hone your skills by assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures for a variety of patient settings.
Synopsis
The PROFESSIONAL REVIEW GUIDE FOR THE CCS EXAMINATION, 2011 EDITION book and CD-ROM are essential preparation tools for the AHIMA Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) examination. Apply your knowledge by assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures for a variety of patient settings, and use the CD-ROM to take practice exams to target areas that need further study.
About the Author
Patricia Schnering is an adjunct instructor of HIM at St. Petersburg College, and serves on its advisory board. In addition to experience as an HIM supervisor and consultant, she is the founder and owner of PRG Publishing Inc., where she published the first Professional Review Guides. Ms. Schering has served as president of GCHIMA and on FHIMA's board of directors, where she twice received the FHIMA Literary Award. She is also a member of AHIMA and the Assembly on Education (AOE). In addition to a B.S.in business administration from the University of South Florida, she is a graduate of the health information management program at St. Petersburg College, and holds both CCS and RHIA certifications.
Table of Contents
. Examination Study Strategies and Resources. 2. Coding Review. 3. Health Data Content, Requirements, and Standards. 4. Medical Science. 5. Classification Systems and Secondary Data Sources. 6. Medical Billing and Reimbursement Systems. 7. ICD-9-CM Coding. 8. CPT Coding. 9. CCS Case Study Coding Review. 10. CCS Case Study Coding Review Answer Key. 11. CCS Mock Examination Part 1. 12. CCS Mock Examination Part 2: Coding Cases. 13. CCS Mock Exam Answer Key. Appendix A: Pharmacology. Appendix B: Laboratory Testing. Appendix C: ICD-9-CM Coding Guidelines Effective October 1, 2011. Evaluation Form.