- UPDATED 2017 official code set ensures compliance with current HCPCS standards, for fast and accurate coding - NEW! Additional full-color illustrations provide visual orientation and enhance understanding of specific coding situations.

- UPDATED 2017 official code set ensures compliance with current HCPCS standards, for fast and accurate coding.

- UPDATED 2017 Official Code set reflects the latest ICD-10-PCS codes needed for procedure coding. - NEW! Enhanced Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide easier reference to coding rules when they are needed most. - NEW! Updated design better differentiates between Os and 0s. - NEW! Combinations symbol identifies procedures that can affect MS-DRG assignment. - NEW! Procedure Combination Table lists each procedure cluster and DRG. - NEW! Highlight for Non-Operating Room Procedures identifies procedures that do and do not affect MS-DRG assignment.

- NEW! Updated 2018 code set features the latest Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes to comply with current HCPCS standards for fast and accurate coding. - NEW! More full-color illustrations enhance understanding of specific coding situations.

Take your first step toward a successful career in medical coding with guidance from the most trusted name in coding education! From Carol J. Buck, the bestselling Step-by-Step Medical Coding is a practical, easy-to-use resource that shows you exactly how to code using all current coding sets. Practice exercises follow each 'step' of information to reinforce your understanding of important concepts. In-depth coverage includes reimbursement, ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and inpatient coding, with an Evolve website that includes 30-day access to TruCode® Encoder Essentials. No other text so thoroughly covers all coding sets in one source! - 30-day access to TruCode® Encoder Essentials (in addition to separate encoder practice exercises on the Evolve companion website) help you understand how to utilize an encoder. - A step-by-step approach makes it easier to build skills and remember the material. - UNIQUE! Real-world coding reports (cleared of any confidential information) simulate the reports you will encounter as a coder and help you apply coding principles to actual cases. - Over 500 illustrations include medical conditions and procedures to help you understand the services being coded. - Exercises, Quick Checks, and Toolbox features reinforce coding rules and concepts, and emphasize key information. - Valuable tips and advice are offered in features such as From the Trenches, Coding Shots, Stop!, Caution!, Check This Out, and CMS Rules. - UNIQUE! Four coding-question variations develop your coding ability and critical thinking skills, including one-code or multiple-code answers. - Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting boxes allow you to read the official guidelines wording for inpatient and outpatient coding alongside in-text explanations. - UNIQUE! Coders' Index makes it easy to quickly locate specific codes. - Sample Electronic Health Record screenshots in the appendix provide examples similar to the EHRs you will encounter in the workplace. - Online practice activities on Evolve include questions such as multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and coding reports. - A workbook corresponds to the textbook and offers review and practice with more than 1,200 theory, practical, and report exercises (odd-numbered answers provided in appendix) to reinforce understanding of medical coding. Available separately. - Medical Coding Online uses animations, photographs, drawings, narrated slide shows, case-based exercises, pop-up definitions, and professional insights to reinforce coding concepts from the Step-by-Step text. Available separately.

Select and build procedure codes accurately with Carol J. Buck's 2017 ICD-10-PCS: Standard Edition. Designed by coders for coders, this practical manual includes all the ICD-10-PCS codes needed for today’s inpatient procedure coding. As coders need extensive knowledge to work with ICD-10-PCS — and to choose from the thousands of possible codes — this book provides colorful Netter’s Anatomy illustrations and tables organized to help you choose and build procedure codes. Together, these features make procedure coding faster and easier. Also included is a companion website with the latest coding news and updates! Convenient Guide to the Updates lists all new, revised, and deleted codes, providing at-a-glance lookup of the annual coding changes. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (OGCRs) are listed in full for fast, easy access to coding rules. Unique! Full-color Netter’s Anatomy art is included in the front of the book to help you understand complex anatomic information and how it may affect choosing codes. Two-color design provides an economical version of this ICD-10-PCS coding manual. Codingupdates.com companion website includes the latest changes to the ICD coding system. Updated 2017 Official Code set reflects the latest ICD-10-PCS codes needed for procedure coding. NEW! Enhanced Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting provide easier reference to coding rules when they are needed most. NEW! Updated design better differentiates between Os and 0s. NEW color images show difficult coding concepts.

Polish up your coding skills with this practical workbook! Corresponding to the chapters in Carol J. Buck's bestselling Step-by-Step Medical Coding, 2017 Edition, this workbook offers coding review and practice with more than 1,200 theory, practical, and reporting exercises (odd-numbered answers provided in appendix), including 100 original source documents to familiarize you with reports similar to those you will encounter on the job. It's a complete review of all current coding sets, including ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, and inpatient coding! - UNIQUE! 100 real-world coding reports (cleared of any patient identifiers) provide experience with reports similar to those you will encounter in practice. - UNIQUE! Theory, practical, and reporting exercises help you master key concepts and apply your knowledge. - Theory exercises include fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and true or false questions. - Practical exercises offer additional practice with line coding. - Answer format is the same as that in Buck's Step-by-Step Medical Coding text, using the multiple code icons, helping you develop your coding ability and critical thinking skills. - Answers to odd-numbered questions are included in the appendix. - UPDATED content includes the latest coding information available for accurate coding and success in practice

Elsevier and the American Medical Association have partnered to co-publish this professional HCPCS Level II reference by Carol J. Buck! Code more quickly, accurately, and efficiently, and optimize reimbursement with 2013 HCPCS Level II, Professional Edition. With spiral binding and an easy-to-use format, this full-color reference presents the latest Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes to help you comply with coding regulations and confidently locate information on specific codes, manage reimbursement for supplies, report patient data, code Medicare cases, and more. Keep current with HCPCS codes with this professional medical billing reference from coding expert Carol J. Buck! - UNIQUE! Full-color Netter's Anatomy illustrations clarify complex anatomic information and how it affects coding. - UNIQUE! Color-coded Table of Drugs makes it easier to find specific drug information. - Drug code annotations identify brand-name drugs as well as drugs that appear on the National Drug Class (NDC) directory and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs. - Distinctive symbols identify new, revised, reinstated, and deleted codes. - American Dental Association (ADA) Current Dental Terminology code sets offer access to all dental codes in one place. - Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) payment and status indicators show which codes are payable in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. - Age/Sex edits identify codes for use only with patients of a specific age or sex. - Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) indicators clearly identify supplies to report to durable medical third-party payers. - Coding Clinics drawn from the American Hospital Association HCPCS citations provide sources for information about specific codes and their usage. - Codingupdates.com companion website keeps you informed of changes to ICD codes, and provides the opportunity to sign up for automatic e-mail notifications. - UPDATED! At-a-glance code listings highlight all new, revised, reinstated, and deleted codes for 2013. - UPDATED Internet Only Manual (IOM) ensures coding accuracy with essential information on carrier-specific and Medicare-specific regulations.

NEW Coding Medical and Surgical Procedures chapter is added to this edition. UPDATED content includes revisions to icd-10 code and coding guidelines, ensuring you have the latest coding information.

Prepare to succeed on your physician coding certification exam with Physician Coding Exam Review 2017: The Certification Step! From leading coding author and educator Carol J. Buck, this exam review provides complete coverage of all topics included on the physician coding certification exam — including anatomy, terminology, and pathophysiology for each body system; reimbursement issues; CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM coding; and more. Four full practice exams simulate the testing experience, include answers and rationales, and provide enough practice to reassure even the most insecure exam-taker. It’s the only physician coding exam review you need! Comprehensive review content covers everything you need to know to pass your physician coding certification exam. UNIQUE! Practice exams on the Evolve website allow you to assess strengths and weaknesses and develop a plan for focused study, including a Pre-Exam to be taken prior to studying, the same exam again as a Post-Exam to be taken after your review, and a Final Exam that simulates the experience of taking the actual physician coding exam. Concise outline format helps you access information quickly and study more efficiently. Mobile-optimized quick quizzes offer on-the-go practice and review with 380 additional medical terminology, pathophysiology, CPT, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS questions. Success Strategies section in the text guides you step-by-step through the entire exam process. UNIQUE! Netter’s Anatomy illustrations help you understand anatomy and how it affects coding. Full-color design and illustrations make study and review easier and more engaging. UNIQUE! Real-world coding reports (cleared of any patient identifiers) simulate the reports that you will encounter on the job and challenge you to apply key coding principles to actual cases. Answers and rationales to the Pre-, Post- and Final Exams are available on Evolve. Updated content includes the latest ICD-10, HCPCS, and CPT code updates, promoting accurate coding and success on the job.