UPDATED FOR 2020! This interactive study guide, with pro-level tips and interesting scenario-based exercises, is the one essential tool you need to master the often-confusing new ICD-10 conventions and guidelines. This unique don’t-sweat-it style of learning cuts to the chase and simplifies learning while progressing from basic concepts to more difficult scenarios. • LEARN BY DOING. You’ll jump right in, using the ICD-10-CM from the very beginning. More than 1500 exercises not only provide the answers immediately, but also show the step-by-step process and reasoning in selecting exactly the right code. • SCENARIO-BASED EXERCISES. Each chapter ends with challenging exercises to practice the new learning. • QUICK QUIZZES. scattered throughout the text reinforce learning from previous chapters. HALF-TIME AND FINAL REVIEWS offer excellent practice and self-evaluation. • You'll enjoy IT’S ALL GREEK (OR LATIN) TO ME! A surprisingly simple technique of graphics and exercises to demystify long, foreign-sounding medical terminology. Without memorization, you'll employ your new understanding of hundreds of common Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes and root words to decipher multi-syllable body parts, conditions and diagnoses. • SIZZLING HOT TIPS. Pro-level insights that set expert coders above the rest. • TAKE NOTE! Bold pushpin notes throughout each chapter reinforce critical ICD-10 coding rules and requirements. • EFFORTLESSLY LEARN CODING TERMINOLOGY such as seventh character, includes, excludes and other types of notes which are critical to proper coding. • Coding is serious business, but you can have a little fun while learning, so enjoy THERE’S A CODE FOR THAT?? Unique and sometimes downright hilarious diagnosis codes that are HUMOROUSLY ILLUSTRATED to give your mind a smile break. • PERFECT FOR CLASSROOM OR SELF-STUDY.