Product #: AC201126 ©2027
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Category: Books
Book Type: Softcover
Publisher: AHIMA Press
Pages: Approx. 720 pages
This comprehensive text is devoted to learning and mastering the process of building codes in ICD-10-PCS. All current coding professionals and students in academic programs must become and remain proficient in using this system for inpatient procedures.
ICD-10-PCS: An Applied Approach enhances learning through in-depth discussion of the code building process. Code Building Exercises guide the reader through the process of evaluating an operative report by providing thought-provoking questions along with complete in-text answers and rationales. In addition, ICD-10-PCS: An Applied Approach is enriched with annotated reports, decision trees, short-statement coding, and capstone exercises to reinforce chapter concepts.
- Online ancillaries updated with 2026 revisions to ICD-10-PCS code set and guidelines
- New annotated operative reports support knowledge of approaches and surgical tools
- Comprehensive companion exercise workbook available online
- Select answers with rationales included in appendix B
Part I: System Definitions and Guidelines
- System Structure and Design
- ICD-10-PCS Coding Guidelines
Part II: Introduction to the Medical and Surgical Section
- Root Operations that Take Out All/Part or Take Out Solids/Fluids/Gases
- Root Operations that Cut or Separate, Put in or Put Back, or Move Body Parts
- Root Operations that Alter Diameter or Route of Body Parts, or Involve a Device
- Root Operations that Involve Examination Only, Other Repairs, or Other Objectives
- Anatomical Regions
- Nervous System
- Sense Organs
- Respiratory System
- Circulatory System
- Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Systems
- Endocrine and Lymphatic Systems
- Integumentary System
- Muscular System: Muscles, Tendons, Bursae, and Ligaments
- Skeletal System: Bones and Joints
- Urinary System
- Male Reproductive System
- Female Reproductive System
Part III: Medical and Surgical–Related Sections
- Obstetrics
- Placement, Administration, Measurement, and Monitoring
- Extracorporeal Assistance, Performance, and Therapies
- Osteopathic, Other Procedures, and Chiropractic Sections
Part IV: Ancillary Sections
- Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Therapy
- Physical Rehabilitation and Diagnostic Audiology, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Treatment
- New Technology
Part V: Review Exercises and Case Studies
- Appendix A: Roots and Approaches
- Appendix B: Partial Answer Key
- References
- Index
Instructor Resources include the following:
- Instructor manual
- Test bank
- Full textbook answer key
- Companion exercise workbook answer key
- Presentation slides
- Transition guide
The test bank is also available in Respondus.
Lynn Kuehn, MS, RHIA, CCS-P, FAHIMA, is president of Kuehn Consulting in Waukesha, WI.
Therese K. Jorwic, MPH, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA, is president of TKJ Consulting.
