for medical necessity and reimbursement understanding, this allinone resource focuses on the most important CPT and HCPCS codes for upper extremity and spinal orthopedics, plus medicine and ancillary services codes chosen by experts who have taken into consideration utilization, denial risk and complexity.
CPT Coding Essentials optimizes both CPT and ICDcode selection with helpful CPTtoICDCM crosswalks and detailed explanations of anatomy, physiology and documentation.
In addition, for the first time in the same volume, verbatim guidelines and parenthetical information from the CPT codebook specific to upper extremity and spine orthopedics CPT codes can be found.
This is the ideal daily companion featuring useful, definitive specialtyspecific coding information beyond what is provided in a full procedural code book.
Orthopedic coding and billing knowledge that otherwise might take years of experience or multiple resources to accumulate is available in a single volume.
Features and Benefits
A subset of specialtyspecific CPT codes chosen by experts who take into consideration utilization, denial risk
and complexity
Official AMA coding guidelines pertinent to the specialty and not available in any competitors specialty codebooks
Official codespecific CPT parenthetical instructions
Plain English descriptors that clarify for the reader the details of the service represented by the CPT code
CPT Assistant citations
Procedural illustrations
Crosswalks from CPT to ICDCM
National Correct Coding Initiative CCI edits to identify bundled and separately billable codes
CMS Pubbilling guidance citations
Facility and nonfacility relative value units RVUs including global surgery days, physician work and practice, malpractice and total expenses as well as those modifiers that can affect relative values
Additional chapters on terminology and anatomy, HCPCS codes, CPT modifiers and ICDCM coding and documentation practices
Appendixes offering clinical documentation checklists and evaluation and management E/M guidelines.