Month: March 2013

Author: Ingenix | Optum Publisher: Optum Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This latest edition of the Coders’ Desk Reference which is popularly known as the ‘CDR’ or ‘code book’ in healthcare circles contains the latest information on coding medical procedures and other forms of treatment. Oftentimes, that is not sufficient. The book’s editors point out that coding is a complicated process. As a medical coder, you must not only be thoroughly familiar with coding procedural terminology or CPT but also use medical dictionaries and medical texts on the many specialties in medicine to understand the extent of a particular...

Editors: Nick Maskell and Ann Millar Publisher: Oxford University Press Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The topics in this book on the subject of respiratory medicine are self-contained so that you need not refer to a prior or different chapter in order to understand the contents of the present one. But a clear and thorough understanding of the basic elements in respiratory medicine is needed to absorb the materials on a given topic. Like other desk reference works by Oxford, this one is excellent. The chapters are well organized and there are plenty of study aids to help you...

Editor-in-Chief: Marc J. Fishman: Editors: George Kolodner, David Mee-Lee, Gerald D. Shulman, Bonnie B. Wilford Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The editors point out at the outset in this book that an alarmingly large 30 percent of adults in the United States “drink at a level that increases their risk for medical, psychiatric and social problems.” Further, of these heavy drinkers, one out of every four of them “meet the criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence – medical disorders that are associated with more than 100,000 deaths from alcohol-related diseases and...

Editors: Jeeshan H. Chowdhury and Shaheed Meerani Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This review and test preparation book for taking the exam to obtain the medical license and qualify for practice in Canada contains more than 700 pages of critical information on the following: An introduction and overview of what the MCCQE Part I is covered for you in the first chapter, how to use it to your maximum benefit, what are its general objectives (e.g. history-taking and physical exam skills) and the other competencies you as the doctor-to-be have to...