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Medical Abbreviations: 28,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety

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I am a medical coder, and this book helps me in my work. I can find anything I need.

This is my third updated edition of this book. It is incredibly helpful when trying to decipher medical abbreviations. It has tripled in size in the 10 years I have been referencing it. The editors have tried to keep up with all the changes in the medical field and they have done an admirable job. A must have for any medical/nursing student and anyone else remotely related to heath care.

I recently purchase this book with only 28,000 abbreviations,and I say only because they are many more out there. This book could have been more reasonably priced when you think of the contents. I know that there is a code that comes with the book for a companion Web site, but as a Medical Coder I do not have the time for that when I am at work and needs the meaning of an abbreviation ASAP. This may be useful for a student because it also has the list of DO NO USE dangerous abbreviations and normal adult lab values at the back of the book. I guess the fact that I also own the Jablonski I realize that this book is easier to read because it has each abbreviation meanings listed on a separate line. Very thoughtful presentation. If it only had as many abbreviations as Jablonoski I would have easily given this book a 5. I gave it 3 for lacking of abbreviations. A better one with a similar format (abbreviations on separate lines) would be Steadman's ISBN 9780781744034 which has according to what the book states over 75,000 abbreviations, acronyms and symbols. I just purchased that one today. I needed 2, one for work and one for home as I occasionally work from home. This is the 3rd edition of Steadman's they now have the 4th out so you may want to purchase the more updated one.

this book has provided me with much needed information on my job as a nurse and medical coder

As a medical biller, it has made my job a lot easier, I have the same book but is about 11 yrs old so I really needed an updated version, its great, and to be honest at first I though I wouldn't use it as much as I do, but it has so much information, its on my desk all the time and I love it.

I just started as a medical coder and this book has been very helpful. Doctors use many abbreviations and it helps to have a reliable source to use to figure out the abbrevaitions.

I thought you could find just about everything from the Internet and Google, however, that's not true.

In the Internet search, with many abbreviations that use common letters, you will get lots and lots of false matches, and you would have to sift through them, wasting time, and perhaps even choosing the wrong one.

This book lists all the matches, and you can easily see which is the match that applies to you.