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Associations

  • AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association, not-for-profit organization founded in 1928, offers HIM and coding credentials for hospital and outpatient settings, the premiere association for HIM professionals
  • AAPC - American Academy of Professional Coders, for-profit, offers outpatient coding credentials
  • ACMCS - American College of Medical Coding Specialists, new not-for-profit organization for outpatient coders, will offer coding credentials starting in 2008

Career

Discussion Boards

ICD-9-CM

  • Official ICD-9-CM guidelines - CDC, NCHS; effective Oct 1st, 2009 (the URL has changed, CDC has redesigned the ICD pages) * guidelines updated for Oct 2009
  • ICD-9-CM addenda - CDC, NCHS; Oct 2009 updates, index and tabular addenda and errata (new URL) * new 2010 codes
  • 2010 ICD-9-CM code changes - CMS, summary tables of new, revised and invalid diagnosis and procedure codes effective Oct 1st 2009 (also includes pdf files for code changes effective 10/06, 10/07, and 10/08) * new 2010 codes
  • 2010 edition of ICD-9-cm - CDC, NCHS; codes effective Oct 1st, 2009; for federal fiscal year 2010; free ftp download in rich text (.rtf) format; read file "Readme10.txt" first for info and descriptions * new 2010 codes
  • previous editions of ICD-9-CM - as above, but for years 1996-2009
  • FlashCode - online ICD-9-CM code book
  • ICD9 - online ICD-9-CM code book
  • irp - online DRG calculator

HCPCS

  • HCPCS codes - 2007-2010 codes, free download from CMS

CPT

  • AMA - 2010 CPT code/relative value search, free online
  • AMA - CPT errata, corrections to the 2010 CPT Professional Edition manual
  • AMA - cat. I vaccine codes, cat. II and III codes

ICD-10-CM & ICD-10-PCS

  • ICD-10-CM - CDC/NCHS, 2010 update of ICD-10-CM (new URL, CDC has redesigned the ICD-10 pages)
  • ICD-10-PCS - HHS/CMS, 2010 ICD-10-PCS (new URL)
  • AHIMA - ICD-10 info (new URL 2010)
  • HHS/CMS - Jan 15, 2009; HHS modifies HIPAA code sets (ICD-10) and electronic transactions standards; final rules; compliance date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS classification sets is established as October 1, 2013
  • HHS - Aug 15, 2008 news release, the proposed adoption date for ICD-10 code sets is 2011 (final rule is 2013, see above)
  • NC SCHS - ICD-10 lookup, search by code or keyword

Magazines

Medical

Online Coding Cases (free coding practice)

  • CCS Prep - Advance prep columns include coding practice cases, 2003-2009
  • Coding Q&A - by Advance magazine, cases for 2003-2010
  • Quizlet Archive - at Just Coding, 2005-2010

Schools for HIM & Coding

  • AHIMA Approved Coding Programs - on-site and online coding programs, no degrees, certificate level
  • AHIMA Coding Basics - self-spaced online medical coding course, teaches the skills you need to become a coding professional
  • AHIMA's Distance Education - programs in HIM, e-HIM, coding (basic, specialty, hospital, clinic), cancer registry, HIPAA, and more
  • CAHIIM - Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education accredits HIM programs; HIM/HIT associate degree (RHIT), HIM baccalaureate degree (RHIA), and masters degree (MS) programs

 

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