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Step-by-Step Medical Coding 2010 Edition, 1e

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I have learned a tremendous amount studying from this book, but the fact that only half of the exercises come with answers is a huge impediment to my learning. At the back of the book, only every other exercise is listed in the answer key. It is very difficult learning when you cannot get the answers to these questions anywhere. How do you figure out where your thinking is flawed? Even my class instructor does not have a complete answer key and she said it would be too much trouble to go through every answer herself so that we would know if we had got it right or not(I don't blame her, it really would be quite alot of work!). So,I started only doing the questions that had answers because I was driving myself crazy with the ones I didn't know. And even though the icd-9 codes are listed on the internet, the cpt codes are proprietary so there is no way to look them up. So, for the amount of money this book costs, I feel I really only have gotten half the education I could have gotten.

However, if one can rise above the missing answers or has someone who can explain it, then this is a great resource and I would recommend it.

This book followed the CPT book exactly. We covered the entire CPT book in one quarter. Tough class, but provided a very thorough look into the coding profession.

Answers to items in the manual need to include even numbered questions. I'm studying to take my coding and billing certification exam and I need all the help that I can get.

This is an awesome book. Though it is not the main training book that I am using, it is a great resource and another person's explanation. Great pointers and highlights of items that need to be remembered.

The book arrived quickly and in excellent condition. I would do business with this book seller again.