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We produced this book because the ICD-9-CM book and coding guidelines may not always have all the information you need. The 2010 Plain English Descriptions for ICD-9-CM

• NEW! ICD-9-CM Official Coding Guidelines integrated at the code level — one-stop code and guideline look-up
• NEW! Detailed, full-page anatomy illustrations
• plus hundreds of code-specific illustrations that have been integrated
• into the book — helps you interpret clinical notes to code with more
• specificity
• Plain English Descriptions of
• terminology found in the medical record to provide detailed clinical
• explanations of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes — helps you assign the
• most appropriate code
• Plain English Descriptions for syndromes linking definitions to the applicable ICD-9-CM codes — understand what symptoms and/or diseases are included in a syndrome
• Numerically arranged just like your ICD-9-CM — easy identification and look-up
• AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9-CM references — helps you validate code choices