CPT Coding Essentials for Anesthesiology and Pain Management 2022 (EPUB)

By American Medical Association
Optimized for medical necessity and reimbursement understanding, this all-in-one resource focuses on the most important CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes and their associated relative value units (RVUs) for anesthesiology and pain management, 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 ICD-10 code selection with helpful CPT®-to-ICD crosswalks and detailed explanations of anatomy, physiology, and documentation. Other than the AMA CPT® Professional Edition codebook, this is the only book in the market with verbatim CPT® Editorial Panel–approved guidelines and parenthetical information specific to anesthesiology and pain management.   This is the ideal daily companion featuring useful, definitive specialty-specific coding information beyond what is normally provided in a procedural/services codebook.   Anesthesiology and pain management coding and billing knowledge available in a single volume, conveniently superseding the need for multiple resources or years of experience.  FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• A subset of specialty-specific CPT® codes chosen by experts based on utilization, denial risk and complexity
• Official AMA coding guidelines pertinent to the specialty and not available in any other specialty codebooks in the market
• Official code-specific CPT® parenthetical instructions
• Plain English descriptors clarify the details of procedures and/or services represented by the CPT® code
• CPT® Assistant citations
• Procedural illustrations
• Crosswalks from CPT® to ICD-10-CM
• National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits to identify bundled and separately billable codes
• CMS Pub 100 billing guidance citations
• Facility and non-facility RVUs including global surgery days, practice and malpractice expenses, as well as those modifiers that can affect payments for CPT codes
• Additional chapters on terminology and anatomy, HCPCS Level II codes, CPT® modifiers and ICD-10-CM coding and documentation practices
• Appendixes offering correct coding principles, NCCI Edits Table, clinical documentation checklists for common diagnoses/conditions using ICD-10-CM categories/codes and evaluation and management (E/M) documentation guidelines
• Call outs regarding additional information available in the CPT® QuickRef app (requires in-app purchases)Optimized for medical necessity and reimbursement understanding, this all-in-one resource focuses on the most important CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes and their associated relative value units (RVUs) for anesthesiology and pain management, plus medicine and ancillary services codes chosen by experts who have taken into consideration utilization, denial risk and complexity.

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amer Medical Assn; 1st edition (December 1, 2021)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Spiral-bound ‏ : ‎ 900 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1640161392
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1640161399
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781640161399
• eText ISBN: 9781640161474