Funcamentals of Morbidity Coding ICD-10-AM, ACHI and ACS

Download or read book Funcamentals of Morbidity Coding ICD-10-AM, ACHI and ACS written by National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH) and published by . This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of Morbidity Coding presents a core understanding of how to classify diseases and procedures using ICD-10-AM, ACHI and the application of the Australian Coding Standards (ACS). Fundamentals of Morbidity Coding provides a history on the development of classification systems and describes the purpose of clinical coding. The main areas of the classification are discussed with exercises relevant to each section to test the user's knowledge of the classification. Topics include: Introduction to the ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Conventions used in the classification Abstracting relevant information from the clinical record for coding Answers to exercises.