With the input of over 100 coding professionals in every possible clinical and professional setting, our peer review editorial team has worked hard to make this the best reference of its kind. Coder’s Almanac for Diagnoses reduces the number of errors in code selection and answers commonly asked questions.

• Plain English Descriptions™ for 11,000+ ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes and categories, covering all body and organ systems.
  
• Plain English Descriptions™ for syndromes linking their definition to the applicable ICD-9-CM codes
  
• Coding guidelines provide much greater insight and understanding to the official ICD-9-CM guidelines in order to make code assignment more efficient and accurate
  
• Updated with all new and revised codes for 2008
  
• Numerically arranged to allow for easy identification and look up
  
• Full-color anatomy charts help to understand how clinical terms link to anatomy and physiology
  
• Simplification of complex diagnoses for endocrine, metabolic, and nutritional and mental disorders