CPT 2019 (CPT / Current Procedural Terminology (Professional Edition))

CPT 2019 (CPT / Current Procedural Terminology (Professional Edition))

<DIV>Correct reporting and billing of medical procedures and services begins with <I>CPT® 2019 Professional Edition</I>. The AMA publishes the only CPT® codebook with the official CPT<I>® </I> coding guidelines developed by the CPT<I>® </I> Editorial Panel. The updates that appear in this revision have been prepared by the CPT<I>® </I> Editorial Panel with the assistance of physicians representing all specialties of medicine, and with important contributions from many third-party payers and government organizations. <P><B>New for 2019!</B></P><ul><li><B>New modifiers added to Appendix A</B></li><li>Editorial revisions of the code ranges located in the parenthetical notes for reseqenced codes to provide more succinct ranges</li><li>The addition of proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA) codes at the end of the Pathology/Laboratory section Features and Benefits</li><li><B>A comprehensive index</B> helps locate codes related to a specific procedure, service, anatomic site, condition, synonym, eponym or abbreviation</li><li><B>Illustrated anatomical review</B> a quick reference review of vocabulary and anatomy basics</li><li><B>Clinical examples</B> provide a useful tool and guidance for reporting services provided to patients</li><li><B>Alphabetical tabular listing of most analytes in the Pathology and Laboratory section</B> eases your code search by directing you to applicable molecular pathology codes based on a specific analyte</li><li><B>Increased granularity in Molecular Pathology</B> improves your ability to assign the proper code for a laboratory procedure</li><li><B>Summary of additions, deletions and revisions</B> provides an overview of 2018 changes</li><li><B>Multiple appendices</B> offer quick reference to additional information and resources that cover such topics as modifiers, add-on codes and vascular families</li></ul></DIV>