All healthcare providers code and bill with the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) Volume 1 diagnosis codes, published by the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Healthcare facilities including hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers also use the Volume 3 procedure codes.
Finding the ICD-9-CM codes in SpeedECoder™ is easy; you have several ways to find them. You can search specific codes with SpeedESearch™ or browse through the code book’s chapters and sections.
The ICD-9-CM Code Detail pages are annotated with the following information and claims edits so that you can be sure you are coding and billing correctly:
Both Diagnosis and Procedure Codes
- Code First, Code Additional, Includes and Excludes information
- Age and gender edits
Diagnosis Codes
- Manifestation as principal diagnosis
- Questionable admission
- Unacceptable principal diagnosis
- Secondary diagnosis required
- Not applicable principal diagnosis
- V code 1st listed, 1st or additional, additional only, and non-specific edits
- Index entries so that you can compare related entries from the Volume 2 index
Procedures
- Non-specific OR procedure
- Open biopsy check
- Non-covered procedure
- Bilateral procedure
SpeedECoder also contains downloadable SpeedEBooks™. These searchable and printable manuals are PDF documents that you can load on laptops or handhelds for offline use.