This handbook is a comprehensive yet concise, quick reference source for physicians, nurses, students, medical records personnel, or anyone needing quick access to diagnostic procedure information. This handbook is an excellent source of information in the following areas: allergy, rheumatology, and infectious disease; cardiology; computed tomography; diagnostic radiology; gastroenterology; invasive radiology; magnetic resonance imaging; nephrology, urology; nuclear medicine; pulmonary function; pulmonary medicine and critical care; ultrasound; and women's health.

Within these sections are 309 common (and less common) procedures, arranged alphabetically in a concise and consistent format, with up to 28 fields of information.

Included are an Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary and a Key Word Index, wherein each procedure relevant to the indexed diagnosis is listed and weighted. ICD-9 codes are also included.