Shipment of this book would start in first week of September The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 brings diagnosis coding concerns into sharp focus for providers, coders, and billing staff alike. Reduce your stress and increase your diagnosis coding accuracy with the 2016 ICD-10-CM Code Set. This 2016 edition, brought to you by The Coding Institute, covers the essential ICD-10-CM coding features, Complete ICD-10-CM code set for 2016 with full code descriptors ICD-10-CM official conventions and coding guidelines Official Alphabetic Index to the Tabular List section, and Index to External Causes Table of Drugs and Chemicals, Hypertension Table, and Neoplasm Table Additional character symbol found throughout Index Extension symbol for 7-character codes in the Tabular List that alerts the reader to the new ICD-10-CM convention - the use of "placeholder x" Color-coding and symbols for Medicare Code Edits (MCEs) for diagnoses in the tabular Age - newborn, pediatric, maternity, adult Excludes1 and Excludes2 notes Color-highlighted unspecified codes, other specified codes, and manifestation codes *Plus, our 2016 edition has added components, chosen by our expert coding educators, to provide enhanced value beyond the basic manual Checklist for ICD-10 preparation Crosswalk showing common ICD-9-CM codes and their ICD-10-CM equivalents Test Take the ICD-10-CM challenge Full-page color illustrations throughout the Tabular List Anatomy and physiology of specific body systems explained before applicable Tabular List chapters Official guidelines specific to Tabular List chapters found before the chapters Symbols 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th indicating an additional character is needed in the Tabular List Color-coding and symbols for Medicare Code Edits (MCEs) for diagnoses in the tabular Gender - male, female, primary diagnosis only Trimester icon for O30 and O31 categories