Cpt Professional 2020

This AMA-authored resource helps health care professionals correctly report and bill medical procedures and services.

CPT® 2021 Professional Edition is the definitive AMA-authored resource to help health care professionals correctly report and bill medical procedures and services. Providers want accurate reimbursement. Payers want efficient claims processing. Since the CPT® code set is a dynamic, everchanging standard, an outdated codebook does not suffice. Correct reporting and billing of medical procedures and services begins with CPT® 2021 Professional Edition. Only the AMA, with the help of physicians and other experts in the health care community, creates and maintains the CPT code set. No other publisher can claim that. No other codebook can provide the official guidelines to code medical services and procedures properly. FEATURES AND BENEFITS The CPT® 2021 Professional Edition codebook covers hundreds of code, guideline and text changes and features: CPT® Changes, CPT® Assistant, and Clinical Examples in Radiology citations -- provides cross-referenced information in popular AMA resources that can enhance your understanding of the CPT code set E/M 2021 code changes - gives guidelines on the updated codes for office or other outpatient and prolonged services section incorporated A comprehensive index -- aids you in locating codes related to a specific procedure, service, anatomic site, condition, synonym, eponym or abbreviation to allow for a clearer, quicker search Anatomical and procedural illustrations -- help improve coding accuracy and understanding of the anatomy and procedures being discussed Coding tips throughout each section -- improve your understanding of the nuances of the code set Enhanced codebook table of contents -- allows users to perform a quick search of the codebook's entire content without being in a specific section Section-specific table of contents -- provides users with a tool to navigate more effectively through each section's codes Summary of additions, deletions and revisions -- provides a quick reference to 2020 changes without having to refer to previous editions Multiple appendices -- offer quick reference to additional information and resources that cover such topics as modifiers, clinical examples, add-on codes, vascular families, multianalyte assays and telemedicine services Comprehensive E/M code selection tables -- aid physicians and coders in assigning the most appropriate evaluation and management codes Adhesive section tabs -- allow you to flag those sections and pages most relevant to your work More full color procedural illustrations Notes pages at the end of every code set section and subsection

CPT(R) 2022 Professional Edition is the definitive AMA-authored resource to help healthcare professionals correctly report and bill medical procedures and services.

CPT(R) 2019 Professional Edition is the definitive AMA-authored resource to help health care professionals correctly report and bill medical procedures and services.

ICD-10-CM 2020: The Complete Official Codebook provides the entire updated code set for diagnostic coding, organized to make the challenge of accurate coding easier. This codebook is the cornerstone for establishing medical necessity, determining coverage and ensuring appropriate reimbursement. Each of the 21 chapters in the Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is organized to provide quick and simple navigation to facilitate accurate coding. The book also contains supplementary appendixes including a coding tutorial, pharmacology listings, a list of valid three-character codes and additional information on Z-codes for long-term drug use and Z-codes that can only be used as a principal diagnosis. Official coding guidelines for 2020 are bound into this codebook. FEATURES AND BENEFITS - Full list of code changes. Quickly see the complete list of new, revised, and deleted codes affecting the FY 2020 codes. - QPP symbol in the tabular section. The symbol identifies diagnosis codes associated with Quality Payment Program (QPP) measures under MARCA. - The addition of more than 100 coding tips. Obtain insight into coding for physician and outpatient settings. - The addition of more than 300 new definitions in the tabular listing. Assign codes with confidence based on illustrations and definitions designed to highlight key components of the disease process or injury. - Intuitive features and format. This edition includes full-color illustrations and visual alerts, including color-coding and symbols that identify coding notes and instructions, additional character requirements, codes associated with CMS hierarchical condition categories (HCC), Medicare Code Edits (MCEs), manifestation codes, other specified codes, and unspecified codes. - Placeholder X. This icon alerts the coder to an important ICD-10-CM convention--the use of a "placeholder X" for three-, four- and five-character codes requiring a seventh character extension. - Coding guideline explanations and examples. Detailed explanations and examples related to application of the ICD-10-CM chapter guidelines are provided at the beginning of each chapter in the tabular section. - Muscle/tendon translation table. This table is used to determine muscle/tendon action (flexor, extensor, other), which is a component of codes for acquired conditions and injuries affecting the muscles and tendons - Appendices. Supplement your coding knowledge with information on proper coding practices, risk adjustment coding, pharmacology, and Z codes.

The best print and digital sources for every CPT® coding decision can be found in this new package that includes one spiral-bound copy of CPT® 2021 Professional and free access to all premium content available in the CPT® QuickRef app. Premium app content includes the following: Coding and Billing Pack. Use your mobile device to access all CPT codes, AMA and CMS '95, '97, and new 2021 office & outpatient visit E/M guidelines, applicable modifiers, procedural illustrations, clinical examples and links to relevant CPT® Assistant articles. CPT Assistant Archive. Access the full content of all CPT Assistant articles (1990-2020) using your mobile device. The CPT QuickRef app Premium Content (2021 code set information & CPT® Assistant articles) are accessible on iOS and Android mobile devices by scanning the QR code affixed to the back of the codebook that comes with this package. The fully loaded CPT QuickRef app combines the best of AMA's CPT content with billing tools to help improve the accuracy and efficiency of the work you perform. FEATURES AND BENEFITS Features of the CPT QuickRef app with premium content include: Updated E/M Wizard - New 2021 guidelines for coding office & outpatient visits by time and medical decision making The latest information -- Receive updates from the cloud when new RVUs and proprietary laboratory analysis (PLA) codes are released or when technical corrections are made to 2021 CPT codes Two editions of the CPT code set -- Easily navigate between 2020 and 2021 code sets to ensure the codes in use during a patient visit are recognized at the time of the year-end code transition Favorites -- Select the codes you use most and save them to your favorites list Facility and non-facility RVUs -- Use federal data on facility and non-facility work and practice expense values GPCIs -- Set your region's geographic practice cost index to calculate accurate Medicare payment for each procedure Global days -- Reference the number of global days CMS assigns to a given procedure Color illustrations -- Better understand complex procedures with AMA-created illustrations Clear references to CPT® Assistant articles -- View article titles instead of date and page number references found in other resources

For a better understanding of the latest revisions to the CPT(R) code set, rely on the best-selling CPT(R) Changes 2020: An Insider's View. Find the meaning behind all of the changes included in the AMA's CPT(R) 2020 Professional Edition codebook. Invest in this annual publication and get the insider's perspective into the CPT code set directly from the source--the American Medical Association. AMA is the authority to turn to when seeking an official interpretation and explanation for a CPT code or guideline change. Know the changes inside and out. Avoid and reduce claim denials. FEATURES AND BENEFITS - Organizational structure similar to the CPT codebook -- allows coders to easily conduct a side-by-side read of CPT(R) Changes with the CPT(R) Professional - Official AMA rationales -- provide a detailed explanation for the code or guideline change - Clinical examples, procedural descriptions and illustrations -- help explain the practical application for each change - At-a-glance summary table of the 2020 changes in each section -- shows the extent to which that changes affect a particular specialty