Resources & certification info for new and aspiring HIM professionals and medical coders.

Textbooks, exam review guides, coding schools, code books, coding credentials, coding exams, cancer registry, web links, and more.

Also career and credendialing info for MA's and eye techs.

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HIM & Coding

Home

• intro and opening page for HIM Coding site

Coding - exam study guides * exam review guides

• review guides for CCS, CCS-P, CCA, CPC, and CPC-H coding certification exams, plus how I prepared for my RHIT and CCS exams

Coding - career

• career info, what do medical coders do, work settings, job titles, coder training, pay, physical and mental demands, job outlook

Coding -  typical day

• a typical day in the life of a hospital inpatient coder

Coding - credentials

• AHIMA (CCS, CCS-P, CCA) and AAPC (CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, specialty credentials) coding credentials explained, also AHIMA's RHIT, RHIA, and other credentials

Code books - ICD-9-CM

• 2007 - 2008 code books from AMA, Ingenix, MMI, PMIC, and W.B. Saunders

Code books - CPT

• 2007 - 2008 code books from AMA, Ingenix, and PMIC

Coding - textbooks p.1

• most popular ICD-9-CM and CPT coding textbooks, including Faye Brown and Clinical Coding Workout

Coding - textbooks p.2

• more coding textbooks

Coding - resources p.1

• Coding Clinic and CPT Assistant newsletters (must have), medical reference, medical abbreviations, diagnostic & lab tests

Coding - resources p.2

• medical terminology and pharmacology books for coders

Dictionaries

• coders' dictionaries, medical dictionaries, and HIM dictionaries

Anatomy & physiology for coders

• A&P and pathophysiology textbooks, cards, and references

HIM books

• HIM career info, RHIT and RHIA exam review books, health information management textbooks, legal, statistics, supervision

E-books

• medical references in e-book format

ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS

• preview books

Cancer registry

• information, books, and resources for cancer registrars

Coding - physician office

• physician office resources, coding and reimbursement, insurance billing

Coding - ophthalmology

• ophthalmology coding resources

Coding - home care

• coding resources for home care, coding textbooks, reimbursement, documentation, and code books for home health

Coding - LTC

• long-term care coding resources, textbooks, and code books for LTC

Coding - links

• coding and HIM related links, professional associations, career and salary resources, coding discussion boards, official coding guidelines, free online ICD-9-CM coding, coding related magazines, online references, coding schools, ophthalmology and optometry links

Visitor comments

• guestbook for comments

Note: Due to lack of time, the following pages were archived in 2008. They are not updated anymore.

Medical Assistants & Eye Techs

Medical Assistants - California

• career info, training, professional associations, Medical Board of California approved credentials for Medical Assistants (CCMA-AC, CCMA-A, CCMA-C, CMA, RMA), and more

Medical Assistants - front office

• career info, textbooks for administrative medical assistants, Administrative Medical Assisting, Thompson Delmar's, Kinn's, Pearson's, Plunkett's, and more

Medical Assistants - typical day

• a typical day in the life of a clinical (back office) medical assistant

Medical Assistants - ophthalmology

• career info, credentials for ophthalmic medical assistants, technicians, and technologists (COA, COT, COMT, ROUB, CCOA, Surgical Assisting), accrediting organizations, professional organizations, textbooks, exam review guides, web links, and more

Mecdical Assistants - more ophthalmology books

• more ophthalmology books for ophthalmic assistants, technicians, and coders.

Medical Assistants - optometry

• optometric assistants and technicians, career info, certifications (CPO, CPOA, CPOT), organizations, textbooks, and links

Medical Assistants - links

• links for Medical Assistants and Eye Technicians