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CPT Professional Edition 2006
This book was a required text for a CPT course I am currently taking. I was impressed with the format of the book the use of color coding, the ease of reading and the overall ease of using this book. I love it!! This book has leaned my more towards the professional side of coding and away from the ICD-9 side!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries & Terminology    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Practice Management & Reimbursement    5. Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement   

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Amazing and very much needed in your career
Amazing book! I have just completed a medical billing course through the US. Career Institute and this book has been the only reason why I have this job. This cpt coding manual has all the latest medical terminology and codes that you will need to know. It was a very smart purchase for very little money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries & Terminology    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Practice Management & Reimbursement    5. Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement   

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Medical History & Records    4. Practice Management & Reimbursement   

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Errors Galore
After purchasing the instructor's manual to check my answers, I found errors in every chapter!!From spelling to incorrect percentage amounts.I found myself editing the entire time to find their errors which contradict their text.When I got answers that were not an option in the multiple choice exercises, I would reference the book and the textbook would say I was correct, and the workbook did not.Not worth the money or the time.Extremely exhausting.

find something better to learn from
I took a night course which used this textbook. The instructor who is a certified coder and is an instructor at other institutions found MANY misleading instructions. You can be told to do something one way in the book but in real life at a billing job, you would have to do it another way. Also, we found many contradicting statements. They say one thing but do something totally different in their examples. It's really not worth the money.

inked
the book i received was in acceptable condition but all the practice pages were completed in ink and i was not notified of this condition of the book. other than that i am satisfied with my purchase. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Health Care Delivery    2. Health insurance claims    3. Insurance - Health    4. Insurance, Health    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Medical History & Records    8. United States    9. Insurance    10. Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement    11. Medicine & nursing   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - General    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medical History & Records    5. Practice Management & Reimbursement    6. Medical / Medical History & Records   

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Step by Step Medical Coding
This is a very good tool to use to learn about coding and compliance.
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Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Medical History & Records    4. Practice Management & Reimbursement    5. Medical / Medical History & Records   

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Second career?
My daughter works with horses, makes very good money, but only works 20 hours a week. She was considering taking medical transcriptionist courses.I bought this book to give her a real taste of what the courses would be like. It would be a good additional career if she could work it around the horse training she loves and excels at.This book is perfect for anyone considering a medical transcriptionist career. I gives you a very clear idea what is involved in beginning transcription.
Very pleased.
This is the textbook I used in my Beginning Medical Transcription course and I found it to be very helpful.Audio cassette tapes were given out from the teacher with model operative, autopsy, H & P, cytology, and consultation reports that coincided with the lessons in the book. The terminology that was in each chapter was used frequently in the reports to assimilate the student with typing the words, as well as being able to hear it pronounced in different ways.It gave a background lesson in basic terminology, including suffixes and root words.I thought that this book helped me in great ways. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medical History & Records    5. Medical transcription    6. Secretarial Aids & Training - Shorthand    7. Medical / Medical History & Records    8. Medical equipment & techniques    9. Shorthand & speedwriting   

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Code numbers    3. Insurance - Health    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medical History & Records    7. Nosology    8. Practice Management & Reimbursement    9. Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - General    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medical History & Records    5. Practice Management & Reimbursement   

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Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2005 Edition
My book arrived in great condition, and in a timely manner.Thank you for the great service.

The Best :)
I just got word I passed my certification examination and used this book to prepare along with the certification review.It was easy to follow and had all the answers in the back of the book.I really learned a lot. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Medical Assistants    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medical History & Records    5. Practice Management & Reimbursement    6. Medical / Medical History & Records   

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ICD - 9 CODING BOOK
This is a "must have" for coding with color coding for easy referencing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Insurance - Health    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Medical History & Records    6. Practice Management & Reimbursement    7. Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement   

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Wait until you see what the test is REALLY like!!!
I just took the CPC test a few days ago.I did my course work.They did not really go over past tests but I had secured a simulation of one.I purchased this book because I felt sample tests were something I needed to practice.All the anatomy, etc., in this book is too in depth for what is on the test and overdone...look at how the test is setup.The book should be more based on CPT, ICD, HCPCS, real life examples of coding, etc., that you need for the test.I took the tests in the book and scored well on them.... Then comes the REAL test.OH MY GOSH.I found it to be much more difficult than the sample tests in the book or more difficult than any sample questions I had seen anywhere.And don't think that topics will be evenly covered - mine had 5 cath's on it and no spine, for example. The book didn't hurt, but you need to do much more work than just this book if you want to pass the test. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical History & Records    3. Professional - General    4. Study Guides    5. Test Preparation & Review    6. Medical / Medical History & Records   

Subjects:  1. Cross Infection    2. Health Care Administration    3. Health Care Issues    4. Health facilities    5. Infectious Diseases    6. Medical    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Nosocomial infections    9. Prevention    10. Preventive Medicine    11. Public Health    12. Reference    13. Sanitation    14. prevention & control    15. Infectious & contagious diseases    16. Medical / Medical History & Records    17. Reference works   

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insurance handbook for the medical office
I was very disappointed in the 9th revision. Although the HIPAA compliance and e-commerce sections have been updated, the material in the workbook is exactly the same. That includes all the same editing errors from the last edition. I spend hours of my time "re-writing" these editions when they should be correct at publication. The same ICD-9 and CPT errors are still there. I am seriously thinking of changing books for my school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Handbooks, manuals, etc    2. Insurance - Health    3. Insurance, Health    4. Management    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Medical History & Records    8. Medical claims processing industry    9. Medical offices    10. Practice Management & Reimbursement    11. United States    12. Medical / Medical History & Records   

Subjects:  1. Medicaid & Medicare    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medical History & Records    5. Practice Management & Reimbursement    6. Health systems & services    7. Hospital administration & management   

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HCPCS 2006
This book is exactly what I need to do the HCPCS coding with. It is easy to use. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Practice Management & Reimbursement   

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not bad
the seller send the book very soon but she give me a wrong one, and then she send me another one, but it was lost in the way. Although she returned my money, but I took a course two weeks without textbook.

7th Edition pulls itself into the 21st Century
Having had to wait many weeks for the new, revised 7th Edition I was very pleased to note the improvements made from the 6th Edition. The color examples, universal legend symbols and easy paragraph read for the student are excellent. Another long awaited addition is the expanded Medi-Cal section (applicable to California only). Having been in the industry for 25 year I can say that this is the best Billing book on the market that I have been able to find. The only down side to this book is that it is not written for the "new" biller, but more for an intermediate to experienced biller. As long as the instructor can "dumb down" some of the excellent explanations, students will learn a tremendous amount from this book. I use it in my classroom along with my own material and the students are leaving the class with a well rounded knowledge base. Over all, I am pleased with the new Edition and it's contents.

Lots of info, perhaps too much.
I felt a little bogged down by all the information contained inthis book.It seemed too detailed and included a lot of stuff thatdidn't really apply to just medical insurance (for example thecomplete hypocratic oath which doctors take)! Overall, it was a pretty good book. It would have been a great book if they had cut out about a third or even half of the information.I thought Guide to Medical Billing, by a company called ICDC was much better. A lot of the pertinent data without too much extra.I also liked a book called The Medical Billing Handbook by Jason Cummings. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Allied Health Services - Medical Assistants    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Insurance - General    5. Insurance, Health    6. Management    7. Medical    8. Medical / Nursing    9. Medical claims processing industry    10. Medical offices    11. United States   

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I Hide Mine...
I have bought at least 3 earlier versions of this book.While it can't have every abbreviation, since some doctors are fond of making up their own, it still comes very close.Because I work in an acute care hospital reviewing the records for coding purposes, this book is worth every penny.It's hard enough to deal with the proverbial physician scrawl without trying to figure out the latest acronym.I'll share this book with others in the Medial Record department, but I never leave it out of my sight:)

First time buyer
I was a little nervous purchasing books on-line, but after reading previous reviews from other buyers, I took my chances.I could not believe the impeccable condition of the book purchased.I recommended this to my co-workers and I want to thank the seller and past buyers (on their reviews) for such honesty.Such a pleasure to see this quality still being effective.Thanks.

Super Source
Medicine is not an exact science, but it doesn't mean that doctors (and nurses) can make up their own abbreviations or use ones that have three conflicting meanings! I am now able to make them aware how dangerously they are practicing, and the backup source to point it out. Since they now "borrow your book Marylou", transcribing orders is not only safer, but less stressfull as it has cut down on "bogus" abbreviations. Great book,I use it daily!
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Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Medical History & Records    4. Practice Management & Reimbursement    5. Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement   

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Medical History & Records    4. Practice Management & Reimbursement