CPT® Coding Essentials for General Surgery and Gastroenterology 2021

CPT® Coding Essentials for General Surgery and Gastroenterology 2021

Gain confidence in coding general surgery procedures with precision to ensure full reimbursement for your services with this all-in-one specialty and CPT® coding resource.

CPT® Coding Essentials for General Surgery & Gastroenterology 2021 is the most comprehensive resource of its kind, complete with updated CPT® codes, official AMA guidelines, powerful CPT® to ICD-10 crosswalks and ICD-10 guidance. Additionally, specialty-tailored sections offering detailed explanations of anatomy, physiology and documentations needed for relevant sections of ICD-10-CM make this the most complete code book companion on the market.

Optimized for medical necessity and reimbursement understanding, this guide focuses on a subset of obstetric and gynecological surgeries, medicine and ancillary services CPT® codes chosen by experts who take into consideration utilization, denial risk and complexity.

No more reaching for a multitude of code books and wasting time searching the web for missing details – order the one book that provides all the specialty-specific guidance you need for compliant coding. 

Features include:

• EXCLUSIVE! AMA CPT® Guidelines—convenient access to officialguidance, directly from the source
  
  
• UPDATED! HCPCS codes—for gastroenterology-specific supplies, equipment, procedures, or services
  
  
• UPDATED! 2021 CPT® codes—for general surgery and gastroenterology
  
  
• UPDATED! Powerful ICD-10-CM crosswalks—identify medical necessity with CPT® to ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding crosswalks
  
  
• UPDATED! Plain English descriptions—for hundreds of general surgery and gastroenterology codes/code groups
  
  
• UPDATED! Code-specific RVUs—determine fees, global days, assistant-at-surgery and prior approval at a glance
  
  
• UPDATED! NCCI edits—help identify which codes are bundled and which codes can be billed separately
  
  
• UPDATED! High-quality, annotated illustrations— provide visual clarification for coding
  
  
• UPDATED! Pub 100 references and CPT Assistant references
  
  
• Anatomy and physiology overview—for ICD- 10-CM general surgery and gastroenterology
  
  
• Overview of Documentation requirements—for ICD-10-CM general surgery and gastroenterology diagnoses
  
  
• Documentation checklists—for ICD-10-CM general surgery and gastroenterology diagnoses