Medical Billing and Coding: Clinical Tools & Books

Search PubMed through the ACOM library to find articles or other materials related to medical coding, billing, and health information technology.

To find appropriate articles:

1. Be sure to limit your results to "Full Text" to find only articles that you can ready in full online.
2. Limit your date range to the last five years to get only the most current information.
3. Search using keywords related to your topic.

MedlinePlus, by the National Library of Medicine, can be used for a general introduction to many health topics, often written in a consumer-friendly language. It includes an online medical dictionary, an illustrated encyclopedia, and drug information.

Merck Manual - Consumer Version provides reliable information on medical topics, symptoms, medical emergencies, drug information and medical news and commentary written for the general public. (For more in-depth, scholarly research, there is also a Professional Version).

The ACOM library includes full-text versions of many useful medical coding and billing texts, including: