CPT Coding Made Easy changes for 2002, Q4

New in your CPT^® Coding Made Easy Q4:

A Whole New Chapter: Anesthesia Essentials

How to code anesthesia services for all payers, including Medicare!

	Distinguish between general, regional and local anesthesia
	Services included in anesthesia codes
	Procedures that are separately billable
	Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC)¾learn what it is and how to code MAC provided in different scenarios
	Learn the 2 ways to code IV Regional Anesthesia
	OB and epidurals¾learn about 9 common OB scenarios, with and without epidurals, and how to code them
	And more. . . burns, pain management. . .

Intestinal endoscopies¾coding for new procedures involving small intestinal and other intestinal tract endoscopies

GYN Radical Ovarian Surgery¾these codes are confusing because they are so similar. Coders need help to understand them and decide which code to use.

Look for 2 new features in the update: a Table of Ovarian Cancer Surgeries that shows, at a glance, which code to use for each procedure and an explanation of each code, including coding guidelines.

Interventional radiology¾Can a sinogram and percutaneous drainage procedure be coded at the same encounter? The answer is Yes, if you know the guidelines and understand both procedures clearly. Find the answer in the Q4 update at codes 20500-20501 and 76080.

Interventional radiology¾Endovascular aneurysm repairs. Coding these procedures can be daunting but CPT Coding Made Easy does make it easy in a new section "Understanding Important Coding Concepts: Endovascular Aneurysm Repairs."

Takes you step by step through coding a typical procedure.

Just review the steps, check documentation, and assign codes! It’s that easy.

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