The Coding and Payment Guide for Radiology Services is your one-stop coding, reimbursement, and documentation resource developed exclusively for radiology This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide is updated for 2020 and organized by specialty-specific CPT^® codes. Each code includes its official description and lay description, coding tip, documentation and reimbursement tips, Medicare edits, and is cross-coded to common ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes to complete the coding process. Getting to the code information you need has never been so easy.

Features and Benefits:

• Code icons. Quickly identify new, revised and add-on procedure codes related to your specialty, and now New for 2020, icon identifying ICD-10-CM codes that identify right, left, or bilateral options.
• Evaluation and Management Services. Evaluation and Management CPT^® codes commonly used in your specialty are now included with their official description, lay description, coding tip, Medicare edits, and relative value units. Also included is a chapter with coding guidelines and tables to assist you in the E/M code selection process.
• Helpful illustrations. Detailed illustrations for a better understanding of the anatomyradiology services.
• CPT^® Assistant Identifies that an article or discussion of the CPT^®code has been inthe American Medical Association’s CPT^® Assistantnewsletter. Use the citation to locate the correct volume.
• Quickly find information. All the information you need is provided, including CPT^®full code descriptions, lay descriptions, coding tips, procedure code-specific documentation and reimbursement tips, clinical terms, Medicare IOM references, CPT^® Assistant references, and commonly associated ICD-10-M diagnosis codes.
• Avoid claim denials and/or audits. Medicare payer information includes references from Internet Only Manual (IOM) guidelines, follow-up days, and assistant-at-surgery and modifier usage.
• CCI edits.Includes a section with CCI edits for CPT^® and HCPCS procedure codes with quarterly updates available online.
• Easily determine fees for your practice and reinforce consistency in the charges. Relative value units including the practice, work, and malpractice components with total RVUs for non-facility and facility services are included.

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