ICD-10-CM Professional for Hospitals 2017 (Softbound)

Key Features and Benefits

New Optum360 Edge Illustrations and definitions in the tabular. Assign codes with confidence based on illustrations and definitions designed to highlight key components of the disease process or injury.

Optum360 Edge Intuitive features and format. Includes all of the Optum360 visual alerts, including our hallmark color-coding and symbols that identify coding notes and instructions, additional character requirements, Medicare Code Edits (MCEs), CCs, MCCs, principal diagnosis functioning as its own CC/MCC, CC/MCC exclusions, HACs, and manifestation codes.

Optum360 Edge Coding guideline explanations and examples. Detailed explanations and examples related to application of the ICD-10-CM chapter guidelines are provided at the beginning of each chapter in the tabular section.

Optum360 Edge Muscle/tendon translation table. Use this table to determine muscle/tendon action (flexor, extensor, other) which is a component of codes for acquired conditions and injuries affecting the muscles and tendons.

Optum360 Edge Placeholder X. This icon, designed and used exclusively by Optum360, alerts the coder to an ICD-10-CM convention the use of a placeholder X for 3, 4, and 5 character codes requiring a 7th character extension.