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PDF: 85.6 MB
By: Elsevier
**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Health Information Management**
▶︎ Take your first step toward a successful career in medical coding with guidance from the most trusted name in coding education! Buck’s Step-by-Step Medical Coding is a bestselling, practical resource that teaches you exactly how to apply all major coding systems with clarity and confidence. With its hands-on, step-by-step approach, this book ensures you gain real-world coding proficiency across ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, reimbursement concepts, and inpatient coding.
📌 Key Features
✅ Theory and Practical Review Questions at the end of each chapter reinforce both knowledge recall and code application.
✅ Step-by-Step Coding Instruction makes complex concepts easy to understand and retain.
✅ Learning Objectives and Glossary Questions strengthen your grasp of essential terms and outcomes.
✅ Updated Coverage reflects the latest CPT Evaluation & Management (E/M) guidelines for office and outpatient codes.
✅ “Real-Life” Coding Reports simulate authentic case-based scenarios you’ll encounter as a working coder.
✅ Over 450 Medical Illustrations help you connect conditions and procedures to the appropriate codes.
✅ Unique Coding Question Formats include both single-code and multi-code scenarios to develop critical thinking.
✅ Coders’ Index at the back of the book allows quick code look-up and reference.
✅ Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting Boxes present inpatient and outpatient rules with clear explanations.
✅ Exercises, Quick Checks, and Toolbox Features highlight important rules, warnings, and real-world tips.
✅ Helpful Callout Sections such as From the Trenches, Coding Shots, Stop!, Caution!, Check This Out, and CMS Rules offer insider advice and practical shortcuts.
✅ Sample EHR Screenshots (Appendix D) provide familiarity with electronic chart formats commonly seen in coding roles.
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