2025 Official ICD-10-CM Expert for Providers and Facilities
ESSENTIAL! For 2025 codes and guidelines, AAPC's ICD-10-CM Expert 2025 is a must-have resource for physician-based and facility-based clinical coders and coding students.
Find codes faster, boost your productivity, and improve your accuracy. The unique design and features of the ICD-10-CM Expert 2025 code book will help you identify proper code sequence, code to the highest level of specificity, and ensure your code selection accurately reflects documented medical necessity.
Key features and benefits 2025 ICD-10-CM code set with code descriptors for new and revised codes Summary of 2025 ICD-10-CM code changes in an easy-to-review appendix 2025 Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting with quick view flow charts to help students and professional coders meet compliance requirements 2025 chapter-specific guidelines before each chapter so you can quickly reference the guidelines you need for the codes you use most “Eye” symbols alert clinical coders that a specific code has a guideline reference Anatomy and physiology descriptions before Tabular List chapters provide information pertaining to specific body anatomy and diseases Special color coding throughout to highlight instructional notes, bilateral and unilateral indicators, and other features Symbols and highlights for Medicare code edits to highlight age, sex, manifestation, other specified and unspecified codes Indicators alert medical billers to MACRA codes required for MIPS quality and cost measures reporting Extension “X” symbol to alert coders to the ICD-10-CM placeholder “x” convention Appendix with Z codes for long-term use of drugs Symbol for Z codes used as the first-listed diagnosis Expanded online updates and tips to help you improve accuracy and efficiency Highlighted vertical lines orient the eye to the correct indentation throughout the Index to Diseases and Injuries Full-color anatomical illustrations at the front of the book and throughout the Tabular List Spiral binding allows your book to lay flat when open
The AAPC, previously known by the full title of the American Academy of Professional Coders, is a professional association for people working in specific areas of administration within healthcare businesses in the United States. AAPC is one of a number of providers who offer services such as certification and training to medical coders, medical billers, auditors, compliance managers, and practice managers in the United States. As of October 2018, AAPC has over 175,000 worldwide members, of which nearly 108,000 are certified. ---from wikipedia