Main description:

This completely updated edition complements standard coding-manuals with proven documentation and billing solutions. It includes all changes in Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, complete with expert guidance for their application. The book's many clinical vignettes and examples provide added guidance needed to ensure accuracy and payment.

New in this edition:
New chapters on Telemedicine, Common Surgical Procedures and Sedation, and Common Testing and Therapeutic Services.
Discussion of new codes for primary care management of behavioral health conditions.
Division of anesthesia and surgery coding from testing and therapeutic services for easier reference.
Discussion of options for reporting chronic care management services by physician or qualified health care professionals in 2018.
New codes for common chest and abdominal radiologic services, pulmonary services updates to vaccines.
New codes for several unique care management services including: physician-performed chronic care, psychiatric collaborative care, and behavioral health integration care.

Contents:

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 New and Revised CPT (R) Codes for 2018
Chapter 2 Diagnosis Coding: ICD-10-CM
Chapter 3 Modifiers and Coding Edits
Chapter 4 Evaluation and Management: Documentation and Coding Guidelines, Telemedicine, and PATH Guidelines
Chapter 5 Time-Based Reporting
Chapter 6 Preventive Services
Chapter 7 Evaluation and Management Services in the Office, Outpatient, Home, or Nursing Facility Setting
Chapter 8 Managing Chronic and Complex Conditions
Chapter 9 Pre-birth Counseling and Care of the Newborn
Chapter 10 Noncritical Hospital Evaluation and Management Services
Chapter 11 Emergency Department Services
Chapter 12 Critical and Intensive Care
Chapter 13 Telemedicine
Chapter 14 Allied Health and Clinical Staff Services
Chapter 15 Common Surgical Procedures and Sedation
Chapter 16 Common Testing and Therapeutic Services
Chapter 17 Coding to Demonstrate Quality and Value
Chapter 18 Preventing Fraud and Abuse: Compliance, Audits, and Paybacks
Chapter 19 The Business of Medicine: Working With Current and Emerging Payment Systems
Chapter 20 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for American Academy of Professional Coders
Appendixes - Your Coding Toolkit