Overview

The ICD- -CM is already used throughout much the United States healthcare system as a major diagnostic system, yet it is only just gaining prevalence in mental healthcare. This book provides psychologists an overview of the ICD, including its history and functionality, so that they can better integrate it into their clinical work. Readers will also be prepared for upcoming revisions to the ICD- -CM and the eventual release of the ICD- that will affect their everyday practices.

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"""This book provides a simple yet informative introduction to ICD. It will be enlightening to many U.S. practitioners unaware of the usefulness of ICD beyond medical billing. It is well worth reading."" - Doody's Review Service(R) ""For its accessible treatment, useful introduction, and informed coverage of the practices and principles of the ICD-10-CM, Goodheart's book should be on the desks of clinicians throughout the nation. For those practitioners anxious to effect the changeover to ICD-10-CM, this pithy primer is just what the doctor ordered."" - PsycCRITIQUES(R) ""A very readable and clinically useful resource for psychologists wishing to ramp up for the transition to ICD-10-CM."" - New England Psychologist"

This book provides a simple yet informative introduction to ICD. It will be enlightening to many U.S. practitioners unaware of the usefulness of ICD beyond medical billing. It is well worth reading. - Doody's Review Service(R) For its accessible treatment, useful introduction, and informed coverage of the practices and principles of the ICD-10-CM, Goodheart's book should be on the desks of clinicians throughout the nation. For those practitioners anxious to effect the changeover to ICD-10-CM, this pithy primer is just what the doctor ordered. - PsycCRITIQUES(R) A very readable and clinically useful resource for psychologists wishing to ramp up for the transition to ICD-10-CM. - New England Psychologist

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Carol D. Goodheart, EdD, is in independent practice in Princeton, New Jersey, and is past president of APA. Her career integrates practice, scholarship, and service to psychology. Dr. Goodheart works at the intersection of physical and mental health, practice and science, humanism and scholarship. Before becoming a psychologist, Dr. Goodheart trained as a nurse. She worked in urban emergency medicine and intensive care, as well as rural public health on two Native American reservations. She earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Rutgers University, and she specializes in the treatment of individuals, couples, and families coping with physical diseases or disabilities. In addition to her practice, she has served at Rutgers University's Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology in a number of roles: clinical supervisor, contributing faculty, and committee on continuing education. She is a founding partner of two organizations: PsychHealth, PA, a multi-specialty mental health practice offering treatment services, program design, and consultation, primarily in health psychology and W2W, LLC, dedicated to the development and dissemination of materials designed to build strengths, promote health, and enhance quality of life for women.  

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