You Code It! Abstracting Case Studies Practicum

You Code It! Abstracting Case Studies Practicum provides extensive coding practice for students to expand their training and experience. The case studies and patient records provide exercises and sample patient records for more than 25 specialties for focused coding practice. In addition, students can use this book for preparation to sit for a national certification exam or going to a job interview. This workbook provides extensive, hands-on practice for learning to code. The cases in this book are real patient charts (redacted) from physicians’ offices and hospitals in different parts of the country. It is a student-friendly workbook presenting case studies for the practice of abstracting health care professionals’ documentation and accurately translating the facts into the best, most accurate codes. With the third edition, the case studies activities can now be completed in Connect, McGraw-Hill’s online assignment and assessment solution!

Table of Contents:
Preface Chapter 1: How to Abstract Notes Chapter 2: Allergy and Immunology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 3: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Cases and Patient Records Chapter 4: Dentistry Cases and Patient Records Chapter 5: Dermatology and Burns Cases and Patient Records Chapter 6: Emergency Services Cases and Patient Records Chapter 7: Endocrinology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 8: Family Practice Cases and Patient Records Chapter 9: Gastroenterology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 10: Gerontology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 11: Neonatal and Pediatrics Cases and Patient Records Chapter 12: Neurology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 13: Obstetrics and Gynecology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 14: Oncology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 15: Ophthalmology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 16: Orthopedics Cases and Patient Records Chapter 17: Otolaryngology Cases and Patient Records Chapter 18: Pathology and Laboratory Cases and Patient Records Chapter 19: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Cases and Patient Records Chapter 20: Podiatry Cases and Patient Records Chapter 21: Psychiatric Cases and Patient Records Chapter 22: Pulmonary and Respiratory Cases and Patient Records Chapter 23: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Cases and Patient Records Chapter 24: Urology, Nephrology, and Men's Health Cases and Patient Records Chapter 25: Alternative Medicine: Acupuncture, Chiropractics, and Physical Therapy Cases and Patient Records Chapter 26: Inpatient (acute care hospital) Cases and Patient Records

About the Author :
Dr. Shelley C. Safian has been teaching Health Care Administration, Health Information Management, and Medical Billing and Coding, both onsite and online, for more than 15 years. Safian writes a monthly Q&A column for the online publication Just Coding and writes several articles each year on various aspects of coding. In addition, she is the author of six textbooks. Her newest book, Foundations of Health Care Administration, was released January 2014. Safian is in her fourth year as the chair of the continuing education committee for FHIMA (Florida Health Information Management Association). In the past, she has served on several committees and practice councils on the national, state, and local levels of the American Health Information Management Association. She is a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS-P), a Certified Professional Coder (CPC-H, CPC-I), and an ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer.