Franklin IC-150 User Manual

		For Use with the Franklin
		For Use with the Franklin
		Digital Book System
Electronic Publishers		Digital Book System
	IC-150
	IC-150		F

DIGITAL BOOK

User’s Manual

License Agreement

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LIMITED USE LICENSE

All rights in the DIGITAL BOOK remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the DIGITAL BOOK on a single FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a time. You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK or of the data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or in any way reverse engineer the DIGITAL BOOK. You may not export or re-export, directly or indirectly, the DIGITAL BOOK without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The DIGITAL BOOK contains Franklin’s confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. The American Medical Association requires that this DIGITAL BOOK not be used in a public computer-based information system and with FRANKLIN disclaims liability for the sequence, accuracy, and completeness of the information herein.

Notices

Disclaimers

Any five-digit numeric Physician’s Current Procedural Terminology, Fourth Edition (CPT) codes, service descriptions, instructions and/or guidelines are Copyright 1994 American Medical Association (or such other date of publication of CPT as defined in the federal copyright laws). All rights reserved.

CPT is a listing of descriptive terms and five-digit numeric identifying codes and modifiers for reporting medical services performed by physicians. This presentation includes only CPT descriptive terms, numeric identifying codes and modifiers for reporting medical services and procedures that were selected by Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., for inclusion in this product.

No fee schedules, basic unit values, relative value guides, guidelines, conversion factors or scales are included in CPT. Neither Franklin nor AMA assumes responsibility for the consequences attributable to or related to any use or interpretation of any information contained in or not contained in this product.

Neither Franklin nor AMA directly or indirectly practices medicine or dispenses medical services.

Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, ISBN

Coder’s Choice® 1995, PMIC.

Digital Book System and SMARTCODER are registered trademarks of Franklin.

Patents: 4,490,811; 4,830,618; 5,113,340; 5,218,536; 5,249,965; DES 348,439; DES 349,281;

Euro. Pat. 0 136 379. Patents Pending. ISBN 1-56712-182-9.

Key Guide ..................................................	5
Getting Started .............................................	7
Installing the Digital Book ...........................	8
Viewing a Demonstration ...........................	9
Changing Settings ......................................	10
Finding Codes ............................................	11
Using the Indexes ......................................	12
Using Word Searches ................................	14
Narrowing Your Searches ..........................	17
Using the Outlines ......................................	18
Viewing Codes and Notes .........................	20
Viewing Descriptions ..................................	21
Viewing Guidelines ....................................	23
Using Crosswalks ......................................	24
Viewing Instructions ...................................	25
Viewing Figures and References ................	27
Using Your Own Notes ...............................	28
Appendixes .................................................	30
Looking Up Words in Other Books .............	31
Using the Digital Book System® ..................	32
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ......................	34
Index .........................................................	35

Introduction

Congratulations! This SMARTCODER™ digital book provides you with a revolutionary new way to code medical procedures and diagnoses for health insurance and Medicare forms in less time and with less effort. SMARTCODER™ combines the three coding references you use most often:

•1995 Physicians’ Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Edition (CPT);

•1995 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification, 4th Edition (ICD-9-CM);

•1995 Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System, 7th Edition (HCPCS).

Using SMARTCODER™ , you’ll be able to quickly locate CPT, ICD-9, and HCPCS codes simply by entering the words and topics that you find in the medical chart and other medical records. Once you’ve identified a CPT code, powerful Crosswalks help you find the ICD-9 and HCPCS codes most frequently related to that code. Easy-to-view notes help you pinpoint the correct codes when multiple options apply. And, for quick reference, you can even place your own notes at the codes you use again and again.

About the Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this User’s Manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen. These variations do not mean that this digital book or your Digital Book System is malfunctioning.

Key Guide

CLEAR

GAMES

LIST

SPEC

CARD

ON/OFF

Function Keys

Clears to the Default State. Displays the main menus.

Has no function in this digital book. Finds more matches after a word search. Displays your note list from descriptions. Displays the outline and goes up outline levels from descriptions.

Exits the digital book.

Turns the Digital Book System on or off.

Direction Keys

		Scroll, or move the cursor or highlight.
DN/UP		Page down or up.
1	+	At menus, go to the first or last item.
		At descriptions, go to the next or
		previous code.
1	+ DN/UP At descriptions, go to the next or previous

code. After word searches, display the next or previous outline location of a match.

BACK

ENTER

HELP

SHIFT

Other Keys

Erases a typed letter, or displays the previous screen.

Selects a menu item, enters search word(s), or starts the highlight at descriptions. Displays an appropriate help message. Shifts keys to type capitals .

1The gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.	5

Key Guide

SPACE

? *

Other Keys (cont’d.)

Types a space or pages down.

At menus, displays a highlighted item. At descriptions, displays Outline location.

SHIFT + ? * Types an asterisk to stand for unknown letters in a search word.

Gold Key Combinations2

BACK

CARD

ENTER

At an outline level or index entry, go to the Outline or Index menu.

Sends a word between installed digital books in order to look it up.

At any outline level, goes to codes and descriptions. At codes and descriptions, highlights the top note symbol.

+ N Places a note at codes and descriptions. + Q etc. On the DBS-1 or DBS-2, types numbers.

	Quick Keys3
A	Displays all the instructions for a code.

DDisplays a Crosswalk to ICD-9 codes.

EDisplays an Exclude instruction.

GDisplays a Guideline.

HDisplays a Crosswalk to HCPCS codes.

I	Displays an Include instruction.

2Hold the gold key while pressing the other key.

3Quick Keys can be used only when codes and their descriptions are on screen.

Getting Started

If you’re using this digital book for the first time,

read this section.

You’ll learn how to get started and become acquainted with its main features.

Installing the Digital Book

You must install this digital book in your Digital Book System before you can use it.

WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Digital Book System is on. If you do, information that you entered in any other installed digital book may be erased.

1.Turn off the Digital Book System.

2.Install the digital book into a slot on the back.

3.Press ON/OFF .

4.If needed, turn the wheel on the side of the Digital Book System to adjust the screen contrast.

If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.

5.Press CARD .

6.Press or to highlight the appropriate icon.

7. Press ENTER to select it.

Resuming Where You Left Off

Should you forget to turn off the Digital Book System while using this digital book, the Digital Book System will shut off automatically after a few minutes. When you turn the Digital Book System on again, the screen that you last viewed appears.

Viewing a Demonstration

Before you start using this digital book, you may want to view a demonstration of what it can do.

1.Press

2.Press

CLEAR

3.Press the arrow keys to highlight View Demo on the Other menu.

4. Press ENTER to start the demonstration.

5.If you want to stop the demonstration, press CLEAR .

Using the Menus

•The flashing arrows at the bottom right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move through menus or text.

•Slanted arrows to the right of menu items indicate that submenus exist.

•To view the full text of a menu item that is only partially visible, highlight the item and then press ? * .

Help is Always at Hand

You can view an appropriate help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP . Then press

or the DN key to read it. Press BACK to exit help.

Changing Settings

You can change the Type Size, Default State, and Shutoff Time of this digital book.

1.Press MENU .

2.Press the arrow keys to highlight Set Type Size, Set Default State, or Set Shutoff on the Other menu.

3. Press ENTER to view the settings.

A check marks the current setting.

4.Highlight a setting.

5.Press ENTER to select it.

Or press BACK to keep the current setting.

Understanding Settings

•The Type Size sets how large letters and other characters appear on screen.

•The Default State sets the screen that appears whenever you press CLEAR . If you select Word Search as the Default State, the search screen appears. If you select Outline menu or Index menu, that menu is highlighted.

•The Shutoff Time sets how long the Digital Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off.

Finding Codes

This section explains how to locate

CPT, ICD-9, and HCPCS codes using the indexes,

word searches, and the outlines.

To fine-tune your coding, refer to the next section, “Viewing Codes and Notes.”

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Franklin IC-150 User Manual

License Agreement

Notices

Contents

Introduction

Key Guide

Getting Started

Installing the Digital Book

Viewing a Demonstration

Changing Settings

Finding Codes