New Books
ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-
CM Diagnostic Coding
and Reimbursement
for Physician Services
Written for both students and in-training
professionals, this
book provides practice and basic training on coding applications. Hands-on
experience in the application of codes
from the Official ICD-9-CM Coding
and Reporting Guidelines, with consideration of unique coding rules specific to physicians, provides a thorough
coding instructional experience. It also
includes ICD- 10 snapshots, detailed
appendices, review exercises, and
quizzes.
How to Evaluate
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems
This book offers
tools to help you select, manage, and
mitigate EHR systems in physician
practice, hospital,
For more information or to order, visit
www.ahimastore.org.
Upcoming Meetings
AHIMA Academy for ICD-10-CM/PCS
ICD- 10 is less than two years away. If
you haven’t already been trained in this
new coding system, now is the time.
There are still a few AHIMA Academy
for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS
remaining for 2011. These dynamic
training programs teach you to be proficient in the ICD-10-CM/PCS coding
systems and to train others on the systems.
The training program consists of a
prerequisite self-paced online course
followed by a two-day in-person training program during which participants
are guided through coding exercises.
Upon completion of both the online
course and the in-person workshop,
participants can take a self-assess-ment to earn an AHIMA Trainer Certificate.
To find a date and location suited to
your schedule, visit www.ahima.org/
icd10/ academy.aspx.
Data Structures and ICD-10-CM/PCS
December 12, 12–3 p.m. CT
(virtual meeting)
Data analysts: do you want to avoid
failures in operational and financial
forecasting opportunities? This meeting includes information about ICD-10-
CM/PCS data structure and concepts
and offers discussion of the tasks and
challenges associated with legacy data
management to facilitate compliance
in 2013. Attendees earn three AHIMA
CEUs. Registration fees are per at-tendee.
Visit www.ahima.org/events for more
information.
Save the Date for 2012 AHIMA Meetings
Be sure to save the date for these 2012
AHIMA meetings:
x ICD- 10 Summit, April 16–17, Balti-
more, MD
x Computer-Assisted Coding Sum-
mit, April 18, Baltimore, MD
x Long-Term and Post-Acute Care
Health IT Summit, June 18–19, Bal-
timore, MD
x Assembly on Education Sympo-
sium/Faculty Development Insti-
tute, July 21–25, Orlando, FL
x 84th Convention and Exhibit, Sep-
tember 29–October 4, Chicago, IL
For more information on these and
other 2012 meetings, visit www.ahima.
org/events.
Physician Practice
Reader Resources
AHIMA offers a number of resourc-
es to assist and support regional
extension centers (RECs) in their
efforts to build operations, devel-
op products (e.g., training materi-
als, practice guidelines, etc.), and
offer services to clinicians in their
region. These resources are de-
signed to help clinicians:
x Incorporate vital content into
the products and services
they provide to other clini-
cians in their region
x Accelerate the development
of products and services
x Quickly build REC staff so
that they can deliver products
and services as soon as pos-
sible
Visit www.ahima.org/advocacy/
rec/ default.aspx to find informa-
tion on:
For information on products and
resources for physician practices,
visit http://ahima.org/resources/
HCphysician.aspx.
x EHR principles
x Legal EHR principles
x General HIM principles
x Revenue cycle management
x Expert HIM counsel
x Sample job descriptions and
job roles
x Listings of HIM professionals
by state
Online Education
Managing Health Information in Physician
Practices
Review policies and procedures re-
lated to documentation, data capture,
transcription, coding, and release of
information in physician practices. HIM
practices for managing records, such
