Synopsis:
Current Procedural Coding Expert 2020, 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. Key Features and Benefits: Optum360 Edge: Code-specific definitions, rules, and references. 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. Icons/color bars. 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. Extensive user-friendly index. Find codes in a flash with our accurate and expansive alphabetic index with terms listed in a variety of ways. CCI edit icon. Quickly identify those CPT codes with corresponding CCI edits. Evaluation and Management appendix. Easy-to-use grids and extended guidelines to facilitate E&M code selection. New, Changed, and Deleted codes appendix. Easily identify changes to CPT code descriptions, including code changes made mid-year by the AMA not found in the AMA s CPT codebook. CPT Assistant references. 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. Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) appendix. Improve claims accuracy by ensuring CMS compliance through easy-to-access code
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