Author Description

Written by a physician/professor who knows first hand what is crucial for individuals looking for a career in the medical assisting, front office, nurses aide, pharmacy tech, or coding/billing field. It is designed to work in tandem with the AMA's CPT(c) book. - Easy to comprehend and use - Includes more than 180 color drawings - Offers "test your knowledge" sections - Provides defi nitions and origins of anatomicalterms - Supplies clinical examples of how each body system may be impacted by disease - Explains the difference between ileum and ilium - Explores the reason we see in color - Details how oxygen travels in the blood - Reveals how forensic labs determine the difference between male and female skeletons - Depicts what happens to your body when you get scared - Furnishes a glossary section after each chapter The essential Anatomy & Physiology book for those who are: - Training to code CPT or ICD - Those who deal with patients on an every day basis - Needing a refresher - Striving to earn a degree or certification (CPC, CCS, RHIA, RHIT, or Medical Assisting)