Coding Book Optum360® Expert Edition 2022 Current Procedural Coding Expert

Features

• Code-specific definitions, rules, and references have been compiled from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the AMA, Optum 360, and other sources to assist with accurate coding and speed reimbursement
• Fimiliar icons or color bars used for new, revised, add-on, resequenced, 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-friend index will help you find codes in a flash with the accurate and expansive alphbetic index with terms listed in a variety of ways
• CCI edit icon will help you quickly identify those CPT® codes with corresponding CCI edits
• The Evaluation and Management appendix has easy-to-use grids and extended guidelines to facilitate E/M code selection
• The New, Revised, and Deleted codes appendix easily assists in identifying changes to CPT® code descriptions, including code changes made mid-year by the AMA, but not found in the AMA's CPT® codebook
• The CPT® Assistant references identifies that an article or discussion of a CPT® code exists in the AMA"s CPT® Assistant newsletter
• The Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) appendix will improve claims accuracy by ensuring CMS compliance through easy-to-access codes and their associated MUE units
• Medicare coverage rules with icons and IOM references will help with understand which CMS policies apply to CPT® codes propr to claim submission
• Some of the icons include ASC payment and OPPS status indicators and IOM references
• Facility and non-facility RVUs and global/follow-up days will help evaluate your fees and understand the impact on standard post procedure coverage
• The detailed color anatomy illustration appendix is helpful, plus many illustrations at the code level identifying specific code-related anatomy
• The Modifier appendix includes CPT® and HCPCs level II modifiers and desctriptions for easy reference for Medicare coding
• Brand-name vaccinations associated with CPT® codes are listed to aid accurate coding for medications
• Has an appendix with codes used to report inpatient only procedures
• The spiral binding allows the book to lay flat for ease of use and durability
• Snap in tabs help locate often used sections for easy reference