Current Procedural Coding Expert 2016: CPT Codes With Medicare Essentials Enhanced for Accuracy, Supports Hippa Compliance

Current Procedural Coding Expert 2016: CPT Codes With Medicare Essentials Enhanced for Accuracy, Supports Hippa Compliance

Turn to the resource that goes beyond basic coding with the <b><i>Current Procedural Coding Expert</b></i>, your CPT® coding resource.<P><BR> Equipped with the entire 2016 CPT® code set and arranged in a design known to speed coding, billing, and reimbursement, this easy-to-navigate resource will benefit physician practices, outpatient hospitals, and ASCs.<P> Youll also find a comprehensive listing of annual code additions/changes/deletions/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® code books.<P> <b>Key Features and Benefits </b><P> <b>New Appendices arranged in a more comprehensive manner.</b> Find the correct reference material, more easily.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge Appendix with codes used to report inpatient procedures only.</b> Don t be denied payment by making coding errors.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge Resequenced CPT® code alerts</b>. Identify the AMAs new code resequencing at a glance with our specific instructions, color bars, and brackets.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge Interventional radiology guidance.</b> Access an appendix of illustrations showing interventional radiology vascular families for more accurate radiology coding.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge Headings with detailed Optum360 subheadings.</b> Locate CPT® codes quickly.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE) appendix.</b> Improve claims accuracy by ensuring CMS compliance through easy-to-access codes and their associated MUE units.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge Brand-name vaccinations associated with CPT® codes.</b> Aid accurate coding for medications with this helpful reference.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge Extensive user-friendly index.</b> Find codes in a flash with the most accurate and expansive index of any CPT® coding resource with terms listed in a variety of ways.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge PQRS icons and appendix.</b> Link codes and their associated quality measure for reporting to Medicare.<P> <b>Optum360 Edge Code-specific definitions, rules, and references.</b> Reference comprehensive information compiled from the AMA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Optum360, and other sources to assist with accurate coding and speed reimbursement.<P> <b>Facility and non-facility RVUs and global/follow-up days.</b> Ensure more accurate reimbursement with attachment to the corresponding code.<P> <b>Helpful illustrations.</b> Detect anatomical differences in codes with ease.<P> <b>Medicare coverage rules with icons and Pub. 100 references.</b> Understand which policies apply to CPT® codes prior to claim submission with icons and references for each rule, plus a copy of the applicable policy in the appendix.<P> <b>Pub. 100s and national coverage determinations (NCD).</b> Access new information that affects coding, including better identification of the national coverage manual.<P> <b>Modifier icons.</b> Apply modifiers correctly with quick icon identification with the CPT® code.<P> <i>CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.