ICD-9-CM and POA Coding Mentor

Download or read book ICD-9-CM and POA Coding Mentor written by Patricia Bower-Jernigan and published by AHA Press. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coding Mentor provides real world guidance for improving the critical thinking process behind ICD-9-CM coding, POA indicator decisions, and MS-DRG assignments. Using copies of 75 actual medical records, it enables staff to work through the clinical workflow process of inpatients suffering various conditions in increasingly complex cases as they would with one-on-one mentoring by a seasoned professional. It will improve coders proficiency and lead to better quality coding, and more accurate POA indicator and MS-DRG code assignments. It is a tool for achieving a higher level of coding certification and for improving competence, independent thinking and growth.