Features a description of over 500 conditions and disorders, their ICD-9-CM codes, signs and symptoms, patient screening, etiology, diagnostic assessment and clinical tests, treatment options, prognosis, prevention, and patient teaching. This book offers a companion website featuring multiple weblinks for all the profiled diseases and conditions.

Offering quick access to the pathological conditions most commonly seen in the physicians office, this portable text/reference is ideal for administrative and clinical medical assistants who have a wide range of responsibilities including billing, coding, telephone screening, taking patient examinations, understanding diagnostic and treatment procedures, and putting together patient education programs. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the changes in the field, this third edition features an enhanced format with a description of over 500 conditions and disorders, their ICD-9-CM codes, signs and symptoms, patient screening, etiology, diagnostic assessment and clinical tests, treatment options, prognosis, prevention, and patient teaching. A companion website provides multiple weblinks for all diseases and conditions profiled in the book.

1. Mechanisms of Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment 2. Developmental and Childhood Diseases and Conditions 3. Immunological Diseases and Conditions 4. Diseases and Conditions of the Endocrine System 5. Diseases and Conditions of the Eye and Ear 6. Diseases and Conditions of the Integumentary System 7. Diseases and Conditions of the Musculoskeletal System 8. Diseases and Conditions of the Digestive System 9. Diseases and Conditions of the Respiratory System 10. Diseases and Conditions of the Circulatory System 11. Diseases and Conditions of the Urinary System 12. Diseases and Conditions of the Reproductive System 13. Neurological Diseases and Conditions 14. Mental Disorders 15. Disorders and Conditions Resulting from Trauma Appendix A: Resource Reference Guide Appendix B: Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests Appendix C: Therapeutic Effects of Drugs on the Body Glossary