Coding Companion® for Cardiology/Cardiothoracic/Vascular Surgery - 2016
Description:
Consolidate the coding process with the one-stop resource developed exclusively for those who code for cardiology, cardiothoracic, and vascular surgery. This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide includes 2016 CPT®, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM code sets specific to cardiology, cardiothoracic, and vascular surgery. Each specialty-specific procedure code includes its official description and lay description, coding tips, terminology, cross-coding, and national Medicare relative value units. Getting to the code information you need has never been so easy.
Key Features and Benefits
Optum360 Edge HCPCS Procedure Codes. Only Optum360 offers HCPCS procedure codes specific to your specialty with the same information as we provide for CPT codes.
Quickly find information. All the information you need is provided, including illustrations, lay descriptions, coding tips, terms, cross-coding, Medicare RVUs, and Pub. 100 references.
Organized by CPT® and HCPCS code. Essential procedures for cardiology, cardiothoracic, and vascular surgery are listed by CPT® or HCPCS code, along with crosswalks to ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes.
Easily determine fees for your practice and reinforce consistency in the charges. National Medicare relative value units for surgery codes and most diagnostic procedures are included.
Avoid claim denials and/or audits. Medicare payer information provides the references to Pub. 100 guidelines, follow-up days, and assistant-at-surgery. CCI Edits by CPT® and HCPCS code. CPT® codes with associated CCI edits in a special section and quarterly updates available online.
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