2023 Plain English Descriptions for Procedures

2023 Plain English Descriptions for Procedures

Carefully written, detailed explanations of diseases and medical conditions, as well as descriptions for more than 8,000 CPT® codes, make it easier to decipher once-baffling information. With the 2023 Plain English Descriptions for Procedures, coders, clinicians, payers and other health care professionals will greatly increase medical necessity decision-making in support of CPT procedures and find it easier to connect medical record documentation to the correct reason for the service.

Features include:

• UPDATED! Plain English Descriptions for more than 8,000 CPT® codes—increase coding accuracy with the clarification you need to choose the correct code, every time.
  
  
• UPDATED! Complete AMA CPT® code descriptions—no need to refer back to a second resource for the official descriptions.
  
  
• Detailed, full-page anatomy illustrations—better interpret clinical notes to code with greater specificity.
  
  
• E/M coding guidelines—master proper documentation and proper assignment of evaluation and management codes.
  
  
• Easy look-up of medical prefixes/suffixes—better understand terms used in the medical record.
  
  
• Eponyms, acronyms, and common abbreviations—quickly decipher clinical notes with these critical elements contained within each plain English description.