2023 Current Procedural Coding Expert – Professional Edition (Softbound)

•  Optum Edge — Code-specific definitions, rules, and references. Reference comprehensive information compiled from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the AMA, Optum, and other sources to assist with accurate coding and speed reimbursement.
•  Icons/color bars. Familiar icons or color bars used for new, revised, add-on, re-sequenced, telemedicine, and for correct modifier usage. Also, identify which new or revised CPT® codes are valid, but not in the current CPT® book.
•  Extensive user-friendly index. Find codes in a flash with our accurate and expansive alphabetic index with terms listed in a variety of ways.
•  CCI edit icon. Quickly identify those CPT® codes with corresponding CCI edits.
•  Evaluation and Management appendix. Easy-to-use grids and extended guidelines to facilitate E/M code selection.
•  New, Revised, and Deleted codes appendix. Easily identify changes to CPT® code descriptions, including code changes made mid-year by the AMA, but not found in the AMA’s CPT® code book.
•  CPT® Assistant references. Identifies that an article or discussion of a CPT® code exists in the AMA’s CPT® Assistant newsletter. Use the citation to locate the correct volume.
•  Medicare coverage rules with icons and IOM references. Understand which CMS policies apply to CPT® codes prior to claim submission. Some of these icons include ASC payment and OPPS status indicators and Internet Only Manual references.
•  Facility and non-facility RVUs and global/follow-up days. Evaluate your fees and understand the impact on standard post procedure coverage.
•  Helpful illustrations. Detailed color anatomy illustration appendix. Plus, many illustrations at the code level identifying specific code-related anatomy.
•  Modifier appendix. Includes CPT® and HCPCS Level II modifiers and descriptions for easy reference for Medicare coding.
•  Brand-name vaccinations associated with CPT® codes. Vaccine names are listed by the CPT® code to aid accurate coding for medications.
•  Appendix with codes used to report inpatient-only procedures. Avoid payment denials by making coding errors.
•  Glossary of terms. Increase your understanding of coding, billing, and reimbursement terms to improve coding accuracy.
•  Access to Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs). Improve claims accuracy by ensuring CMS compliance through easy-to-access codes and their associated MUE units. These will be available via electronic download.
•  Softbound. Less bulky for travel and easy-to-see title on your bookshelf.

Ms. Leibold has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare profession. She has served in a variety of roles, ranging from patient registration to billing and collections, and has an extensive background in both physician and hospital outpatient coding and compliance. She has worked for large health care systems and health information management services companies, and has wide-ranging experience in facility and professional component coding, along with CPT^® expertise in interventional procedures, infusion services, emergency department, observation, and ambulatory surgery coding. Her areas of expertise include chart-to-claim coding audits and providing staff education to both tenured and new coding staff. She is an active member of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

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