Alert: A new edition of this item is now available for the October 1st, 2018 implementation. Please refer to 978-1-62254-428-8. To avoid returns, please make sure you are ordering the correct version for your needs. Please note: In order to ship the ICD-10-CM Expert for Physicians to you before the October 1st implementation date in 2017, this version of the book does not contain the updated Official Guidelines due to a CMS delay. Clients will have access via a PDF file to the Guidelines, details are inside the front cover. The ICD-10-CM Expert for Physicians with our hallmark features and format makes facing the challenge of accurate diagnosis coding easier. Developed specifically to meet the needs of physicians, the Optum360 code book contains the complete ICD-10-CM code set which is the cornerstone for establishing medical necessity, determining coverage, and ensuring appropriate reimbursement. Now with a new symbol in the tabular to identify codes associated with hierarchical condition categories (HCC). Supplementary appendixes available only in the expert edition include: 2018 deleted code list, pharmacology listings, Z-codes for long term use of drugs and associated drug names; and Z-codes used only as primary diagnosis. Key Features and Benefits New Optum360 Edge HCCs for risk adjustment.