Buck's Step-by-Step Medical Coding, 2024 Edition

I got this book as a gift for a loved one. Saw the 2023 version presented by the host of You Tube Channel: Contempo Coding. When I saw the 2024 edition available, I purchased it. Just like the host of Contempo Coding (right on the money) states, the book is easy to understand, detailed on the rationales and engages the reader on the understanding of the concepts of Medical Coding and indirectly with Medical Billing. Bucks Step by Step book is a solid and invaluable investment for a Medical Coder or someone who is seriously considering pursuing this career path. You won't be disappointed.

I bought this book to start studying and teaching myself medical coding. I think it’s a great starting resource!

This is a great book to help you learn all the ins and outs of how to code properly and efficiently. Needed this for my medical coding certificate program.

This book is a terrible choice for Students doing self guided study. Only buy if you are a part of a classroom using this text book because there is no way to access the answer keys to the Chapter Reviews to see if you are coding correctly. I reached out to the company to request assistance and was told that they feel that giving the answer key to self guided students will result in cheating in a classroom setting. I was in communication with this company for nearly a month before they told me definitively that they are unwilling to help me. I do not recommend this experience to anyone.

Bought the digital version of this book and every single answer was listed in Appendix A as always. Great reference, has been my go-to for over 15 years.

I bought the printed 2024 step-by-step book (and companion workbook) through this site and it is well written and fairly easy to follow and understand, but be warned that if you are studying independently, without an instructor, you will have access to the answers in the back for all questions *except* the very important Practical and Theory sections at the end of each chapter. These sections are extremely useful/necessary for checking your understanding of the material, so you will not know what you don't know.The answers to the simple Glossary and Learning Objectives are listed, but these sections are not nearly as useful as the other two. The answers for all of the questions in the learning sections of each chapter are listed, but again, it is very unfortunate to not have access to the Practical and Theory sections.I do have a digital version of the 2023 book as well (not purchased through this site) and the answers to the Practical and Theory sections are also not listed there. The review listed above by Victoria (of Contempo Coding) states that all of the answers are available on her digital version, but I believe that she is a certified instructor, so she has likely has a different version than most of us.I contacted Elsevier/Evolve to inquire about obtaining access to these Teacher's Edition Only answers and was told it was not possible without an instructor.Also, be aware that the additional companion workbook for this book contains only the answers for the odd numbered questions.

The answer key for the end of chapter review questions are not available unless you are in a class. Their customer service was no help either. This should be included in the description of the book so that people don’t purchase this book not knowing what they are burying does not include answer key which is very important especially for people who are self studying.