Pearson's Comprehensive Medical Coding

For courses in medical coding.

A proven, active-learning approach to coding education
Pearson’s Comprehensive Medical Coding: A Path to Success is a comprehensive text on the healthcare industry’s coding systems: ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS. Its flexible organization makes the text useful for either a comprehensive coding course or separate courses in diagnosis coding, physician procedure coding, and inpatient hospital procedure coding. Chapters walk students through the entire coding process, from the diseases of organ systems and the analysis of medical records, to assigning and sequencing codes. With more than 6,300 coding exercises, the 2nd edition has been updated with 2019 ICD-10 CM/PCS, CPT, and HCPCS code sets.

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0134879309 / 9780134879307 Pearson’s Comprehensive Medical Coding Plus MyLab Health Professions with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 2e

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Lorraine M. Papazian-Boyce, MS, CPC, is an AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer and teaches online at The College of Health Care Professions, which is based in Houston, Texas. An award-winning author and instructor, she received the Most Promising New Textbook Award–2016 from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association for this text. She also authored the Pearson text ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding: A Map for Success, which received the Most Promising New Textbook Award–2013. In 2011, Lorraine was named Educator of the Year–Instruction by Career Education Corporation (CEC).

A frequent speaker in this field, Lorraine has over 35 years of experience in healthcare administration as a college instructor in both traditional and online settings; owner of a medical billing service; office manager; consultant to hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians; and board of directors officer. She has taught most aspects of healthcare operations and reimbursement, both to practicing professionals and in a formal academic career college setting. As a former employer and externship coordinator, she also knows what today’s students need to succeed in the medical workplace.

Lorraine is a contributor or subject matter expert to several Pearson texts, including Pearson’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies, 4th Edition, by Nina M. Beaman, et al.; Medical Coding: A Journey by Beth A. Rich; Administrative Medical Assisting: Foundations and Practices, 2nd Edition, by Christine Malone; Guide to Medical Billing, 3rd Edition, by Sharon Brown and Lori Tyler; Comprehensive Health Insurance: Billing, Coding, and Reimbursement by Deborah Vines, Ann Braceland, Elizabeth Rollins, and Susan H. Miller; A Guided Approach to Intermediate and Advanced Coding by Jennifer Lame and Glenna Young; Mastering Medisoft by Bonnie J. Flom; Medical Assisting: Foundations and Practices by Margaret Frazier, et al.; and Medical Insurance Billing Course Connect.

Lorraine holds an MS in health systems management from Rush University in Chicago, and the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credential.