CRN Study Links
The following links should prove helpful and educational as you progress through your medical coding course at the CRN Institute. If you find any links you'd like to share with your classmates please send an e-mail to your coach.
Site |
Description |
Medical Billing
Related |
Physician Based
Coding Related |
Hospital Based
Coding Related |
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY LINKS |
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Master Lists |
Activities to help you learn commonly used prefixes, suffixes, and roots in human anatomy and physiology |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
ANATOMY LINKS |
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Primal |
The 3D Image
Resource |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Get Body Smart |
An Online
Examination of human Anatomy & Physiology. This is a great site for
reviewing and studying anatomy! |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Inner Body |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Venous
Access |
The complete
guide to central venous catheter insertion and maintenance. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES |
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Incident To |
Clarification from Medicare
8/2004 |
Yes |
Yes |
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DISEASE INFORMATION |
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MedLine |
Great tool for figuring out
disease processes. What symptoms are integral. Medical
Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Drug Information, etc. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Merck Online |
Searchable diagnosis and
therapy database |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
ICD/DRG REFERENCES |
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Medicare DRGs
Effective 10/1/2003 - 9/30/2004 |
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Yes |
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HCFA Table 5 for
Severity-Refined DRG |
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Yes |
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CD-9-CM Changes
Effective 10/1/2003-9/30/2004 |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
ICD-9-CM REFERENCES |
| ICD-9 Guidelines |
If you have the ICD-9 updateable, punch holes and put them in the front of your book. This way when we go over them, you will be able to highlight for easy access during the exam! |
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Yes |
| ICD-10-CM REFERENCES |