Principles of Pediatric ICD-10-CM Coding

This practical readiness and training tool offers quick and easy access to a wealth of pediatric-specific guidance for on-target ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding. Chapters devoted to individual disease categories or organ systems step users through all the essentials of appropriate ICD-10-CM
code selection. Separate sections in each chapter include

Guidelines instructions
Coding scenarios
"Notable Change" alerts (key ICD-9-CM/ICD-10-CM differences)
"Review What You Have Learned"
And much more!

Jeffry Linzer Sr, MD, FAAP, FACEP, is the associate medical director for compliance for the Emergency Pediatric Group/Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and associate professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr Linzer has been a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) since 1987 and is active in the AAP sections on Emergency Medicine and Transport Medicine. He is also a member of the AAP Committee on Coding and Nomenclature and serves as the AAP representative to the ICD-9-CM Editorial Advisory Board.

Additionally, Dr Linzer has taken on the role as chair of the first ever pediatric topical advisory group (TAG) as ICD undergoes its 11th revision under the auspice of the World Health Organization. Dr Linzer is an expert in ICD guidelines and implementation and has been actively involved in the ICD-10-CM transition in the United States