[Sample Pages] “I love using the CPT expert book from Contexo Media. As a non-coder all the extra information is very helpful. This is a great resource for me to find the global, RVU and any associated codes. I would recommend it to anyone.” -- Patty Karraker, Business Office Manager, Memorial and St. Elizabeth’s Healthcare Services LLP Cancer Treatment Center Contexo Media has designed the Procedural Coding Expert to be the best resource in its class to make CPT coding as accurate as possible. Elegant in design and loaded with the help on Medicare coverage, modifier and global billing information needed to code on a daily basis.
Best in Class Index—helps the user find codes faster than any other CPT® reference
Detailed Table of Contents—an exhaustive listing of every chapter, section, table and illustration so you can locate important information quickly
Full codes and descriptions—all new 2012 new and revised CPT® codes with entire code description listed so you can avoid any confusion
The most illustrations—more than 200 illustrations to provide greater insight to specific procedures and help 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
Coding tips—valuable information on CPT® and HCPCS Level II codes integrated throughout the book to help code more efficiently
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
PQRI designation—code-level icons denote those codes and services subject to the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
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
Correctly interpreting and reporting medical procedures and services begins with CPT® 2012 Standard Edition. Straight from the American Medical Association (AMA), this is the only CPT® codebook with the official CPT coding rules and guidelines developed by the CPT Editorial Panel. Covers hundreds of code, guideline and text changes.
Correctly interpreting and reporting medical procedures and services begins with CPT® 2012 Professional Edition. Straight from the American Medical Association (AMA), this is the only CPT® codebook with the official CPT coding rules and guidelines developed by the CPT Editorial Panel. Covers hundreds of code, guideline and text changes.
This book will help build a systematic approach to fee-setting with the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule data. The straight-forward instructions, examples and formulas in this well-organized resource will help clarify the fee-setting process. Included are the code changes for the upcoming year and much of the Medicare information that is required for Medicare coding and billing, such as modifier usage.
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