 | A new appendix with the complete set of CPT codes,
descriptors, guidelines and modifiers from the American
Medical Association--in effect an entire new publication. |
| APC (Medicare’s Ambulatory Payment Classifications)
coding instructions and guidelines for specific CPT procedures and services
provided in the outpatient hospital setting. |
| The first product ever that gives you separate
guidelines for reporting physician services and outpatient hospital
services, and lists them with the related service or procedure. |
| Ideal for professional and novice coders who bill for
either or both professional (physician) and technical (outpatient
hospital) services. |
| Coding guidelines accompany each procedure where one or
both sets of guidelines apply. |
| APC guidelines for reporting Evaluation and Management
services, ambulatory surgical procedures, and diagnostic and therapeutic
interventional radiology and medical procedures. |
| Modifiers. Separate lists of CPT and HCPCS Level 2
modifiers used by physicians and outpatient hospital facilities. Each list
of modifiers comes with detailed explanations of each modifier and reporting
tips that are provider-specific. See at a glance the differences between how
physicians and outpatient hospitals use the same modifiers. |
| All codes and descriptors in CPT Coding Made Easy have been
updated to reflect the changes in the 2001 CPT. |
| New modifiers -27 and –60 are explained. |
| New skin graft (bilaminate skin substitutes) and burn
escharotomy codes are explained with specific coding and reporting
guidelines for each. |
| Complete revision of existing breast biopsy codes and
addition of all new codes for stereotactic breast biopsy with imaging
guidance. Learn the new guidelines for reporting these high volume
procedures. |
| Other new procedures and companion coding guidelines added:
GI endoscopy codes for ultrasound, FNA/biopsy, and pseudocyst drainage.
Coding for these procedures can be challenging. Get easy to understand
directions for reporting them. |
| All important revisions in interventional radiology for
abscess drainage, non-mammographic needle biopsy, stereotactic breast biopsy
and mammographic breast biopsy. Learn the key distinctions among them. |
