Take your procedural coding to the next level! Well-designed and loaded with the help on coverage, modifier and global billing information you need at your fingertips every day, the Procedural Coding Expert will save you tremendous time and effort.
ADDED! More Coding Tips—assists in adding clarity and easier code selection
Best in Class Index—helps you find codes faster than any other CPT® reference
Full codes and descriptions—all new 2011 new and revised CPT® codes with entire code description listed so you can avoid any confusion
The MOST illustrations—more than 650 illustrations to provide greater insight to specific procedures and help you interpret clinical notes more effectively
Five-Star introduction—loaded with essential information such as CPT® coding fundamentals, listing and description of modifiers, common medical abbreviations, prefixes, suffixes and roots, coding terms glossary, detailed explanation of all icons and data elements and multiple summary tables including code additions, deletions and revisions
PQRI designation — code-level icons denote those codes and services subject to the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Detailed table of contents—an exhaustive listing of every chapter, section, table and illustration so you can locate important information quickly; plus each section includes a detailed Table of Contents for easy reference
Extra help on new, revised and deleted codes—unique symbols identify new procedure codes and substantially altered procedure descriptions have a second icon to alert you. Deleted codes are highlighted with a strikethrough and a valid cross-reference, if available
Hundreds of references for guidance from the AMA’s CPT® Assistant and Medicare’s Pub 100 manuals integrated with the relevant codes—helps you validate code choices
Relative Value Units (RVUs) and Medicare global follow-up days for each code, age and sex edit icons and icons—alert you to potential unbundling errors
Provides all CPT® codes and full descriptions, hundreds of illustrations, comprehensive index, unique symbols to denote coding guidelines and AMA edits, quick-reference E/M tables for selecting the appropriate level of service, CMS and Pub 100 references, RVU information and much, much more!