Current Procedural Coding 2020 Expert (Spiral)

Current Procedural Coding 2020 Expert (Spiral)

<b><i>Current Procedural Coding Expert 2020</b></i>, go beyond basic coding. This volume is equipped with the entire 2020 CPT code set with easy-to-use coding, includes and excludes notes for coding guidance and Medicare icons for efficient coding, billing, and reimbursement. This easy-to-navigate resource will benefit physician practices, outpatient hospitals, and ASCs. You will also find a comprehensive listing of annual code additions, changes, deletions, and reinstatements in the appendix; new code icons and notes; plus reimbursement information and mid-year changes not found in the American Medical Associations (AMA) CPT codebooks.<P><BR> <b>Key Features and Benefits:</b><P> <ul><b><LI>Optum360 Edge: Code-specific definitions, rules, and references.</b> Reference comprehensive information compiled from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Association (AMA), Optum360, and other sources to assist with accurate coding and reimbursement.<P> <b><LI>Icons/color bars.</b> Familiar icons or color bars used for new, revised, add on, re-sequenced, telemedicine and for correct modifier usage. Also identify which new or revised CPT codes are valid, but not in the current CPT book.<P><b><LI>Extensive user-friendly index.</b> Find codes in a flash with our accurate and expansive alphabetic index with terms listed in a variety of ways.<P> <b><LI>CCI edit icon.</b> Quickly identify those CPT codes with corresponding CCI edits.<P> <b><LI>Evaluation and Management appendix.</b> Easy-to-use grids and extended guidelines to facilitate E&M code selection.<P> <b><LI>New, Changed, and Deleted codes appendix.</b> Easily identify changes to CPT code descriptions, including code changes made mid-year by the AMA not found in the AMA s CPT codebook.<P><b><LI>CPT Assistant references.</b> Identifies that an article or discussion of a CPT code exists in the AMAs CPT Assistant newsletter. Use the citation to locate the correct volume.<P> <b><LI>Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) appendix.</b> Improve claims accuracy by ensuring CMS compliance through easy-to-access codes and their associated MUE units.<P><b><LI>Medicare coverage rules with icons and IOM references.</b> Understand which CMS policies apply to CPT codes prior to claim submission. Some of these icons include ASC payment and OPPS status indicators and IOM policies.<P> <b><LI>Facility and non-facility RVUs and global/follow-up days.</b> Evaluate your fees, and understand the impact on standard post procedure coverage.<P> <b><LI>Helpful illustrations.</b> Detailed color anatomy illustration appendix. Plus many illustrations at the code level identifying specific code-related anatomy.<P> <b><LI>Modifier appendix.</b> Includes CPT and HCPCS Level II modifiers and descriptions for easy reference for Medicare coding.<P> <b><LI>Brand-name vaccinations associated with CPT codes.</b> Vaccine names are listed by the CPT code to aid accurate coding for medications.<P> <b><LI>Appendix with codes used to report inpatient procedures only.</b> Avoid payment denials by making coding errors.<P> <b><LI>Glossary of terms.</b> Increase your understanding of coding, billing, and reimbursement terms to improve coding accuracy.<P> <b><LI>Interventional radiology guidance.</b> Access an appendix of illustrations showing interventional radiology vascular families, as well an appendix of grids detailing vascular family order for more accurate radiology coding.<P><b><LI>Spiral binding. </b>Allows the book to lay flat for ease of use and durability.<P> Please note: This item does not come with snap in tabs. <P><BR> <i>CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.</I>