Everyone who codes makes their own cheat sheet - a list of codes used frequently or that were difficult to find. Those little cheat sheets are terrific for the time and trouble they save. Now imagine if you had a cheat sheet with over 18,500 codes and was much easier to use than handwritten notes or those cumbersome ICD-9 books! It does exist!
The ICD-9 Cheat Sheet combines procedures and diagnoses by anatomy to give you very fast coding. No special training is need, it's easy to use even for "non-coders". Anyone who can use a simple index can use the Cheat Sheet effectively and accurately. It was developed on the job, is constantly tested and is updated annually. Yearly changes from CMS (HCFA) are included. It opens flat, it's light weight, only 8.5 x 5.5 inches so it's easy to handle and carry.
No special training is needed. It is literally a list of frequently used diagnoses and procedures that have been pre-coded. Every code is at it's highest level of specificity. That means every code is complete so you cannot make an error by omitting a final digit. That means difficult to find codes have been researched so you don't need to search. And because it is arranged anatomically & alphabetically with diagnoses and procedures in the same list, you can virtually always find the procedure to match the diagnosis right there on the same page.
One of the favorite features of the Cheat Sheet is the abbreviations. Like: PDA, CRST, PEG, RSV, TURP, MRSA, ORIF, STSG....Over 500 common abbreviations are coded. So if you run across a diagnosis or procedure you are not familiar with, you will not need to look up the definition first in another book and then look up the code. Just look up the abbreviation in the Cheat Sheet and you will find the definition and the code at the same time! That is convenience!
Some of the companies who use the Cheat Sheet include: Gentiva ( Olsten) Health Services, Interim, Columbia Home Care, Tender Loving Care, Nursefinders, Apria, Bayada, Amicare, PSA, tons of VNA's and independent companies. It's also used by many medical clinics, pharmacies, labs and physical therapists.
Summary: The Cheat Sheet saves time. It will probably save you 25% or more of the time you now spend coding. How much is it worth to save even one hour of one person's every week? How long would it take the Cheat Sheet to pay for itself even at that rate? Errors for missing final digits will be eliminated and that will reduce mailbacks from Medicare and others. What price would you put on that? It's convenient and easy to use. It is guaranteed.
Click here to see how current customers use the Cheat Sheet and to read some of their comments.
Click here to see a sample page from the Cheat Sheet.
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Price: 1-9 copies $39.95 ea; 10-19 copies $37.95 ea; 20-39 copies $35.95 ea; 40+ copies $31.95 ea.
Want more opinions? Here's an idea. If you belong to a professional home care association go on their blog, bulletin board, discussion group or similar facility; see if there are entries about the Cheat Sheet. If not, throw out the question, "Has anyone used the icd-9 Cheat Sheet from GLB Worldwide, a little blue book?" That way you can get feedback from someone who has used it but has nothing to gain from you buying it. Two such organizations are CAHSAH and NAHC. There is a very good chance that any state organization will have members who use it.
