ICD-10-CM Quick Learn

While it is a superior self-learning guide for students on their own, ICD-10-CM Quick Learn also is an exceptional auxiliary tool for teachers in the classroom environment. Several learning strategies are combined to make this the easiest and most interesting way for students to gain and retain critical knowledge and give them practical experience from the very beginning. The approach is informal and friendly with a variety of scenario based practice exercises that keep the student fully engaged. The exercises are followed by immediate feedback. Scenario-based questions add interest and keep the student's attention. Important information is reviewed several times in varying formats including Quick Quizzes and Chapter Quizzes, eliminating the need for rote memorization and repetitiveness utilized in older style textbooks. The Basic Concepts chapter explains the structure and conventions in the ICD-10-CM code book. Each chapter in ICD-10-CM Quick Learn exactly follows the chapters in the ICD-10-CM by chapter number and name. Teachers may choose to use the Half-Time Review and Final Review as exams, or the review questions can form the basis of instructor-generated tests. This Quick Learn Guide can be used in the classroom, assigned as homework, or a combination of the two methods. Each chapter reviews and builds upon the important information contained in the prior chapters. The weakness in other medical coding study guides currently on the market is that they fill space with extraneous text. ICD-10-CM Quick Learn focuses on the "need to know" rather than the "nice to know." This book combines humor, illustrations and a high-level of interaction, combining repetition with novelty in order to maximize learning.

About the Author :
In his three decades of experience in the healthcare reimbursement business, Randall A. Simmons, M.Ed., C.R.C.R., has worked on both the provider side and the payer side. After earning a Bachelor of Science in psychology, Mr. Simmons earned a Master of Education in instructional technology. He also holds the Certified Revenue Cycle Representative certification from the Healthcare Financial Management Association. After gaining more than a decade of experience in the insurance industry, Mr. Simmons established his own software company and developed proprietary software to process health insurance claims. He went on the develop computer and internet-based training programs for medical providers, as well as for large and small health insurance companies in North America and abroad. Mr. Simmons has taught in both the academic environment as a college workforce development instructor and at the corporate level in the medical and insurance fields. He also has developed numerous handbooks, guides and other teaching tools. Mr. Simmons brings his unique classroom manner to the printed page, making learning easy and fun. And most importantly, his teaching is designed to enable those new to the field as well as experienced professionals, to become high performers in their chosen careers.