2009 Coding and Billing for Primary Care

• NEW! CPT® Alphabetic Index — locate the right tabular section effortlessly
• NEW! Coding Tips for CPT® surgical procedures — assists in making the correct code choice
• NEW! Anesthesia crosswalks —  pick and choose the appropriate anesthesia code linked to CPT® surgery codes
• ADDED! Even extra illustrations for procedures — offers visual clarification for coding
• 2009 CPT®, ICD-9-CM, and HCPCS Altitude II codes important to every respective specialty — saves you time
• Plain English Descriptions of CPT® codes — guides code selection and verification and explains associated conditions or medical indications
• CPT® to ICD-9-CM crosswalk — assists in identifying medical necessity
• Consists of NCCI edits — helps identify which codes are bundled and which codes can be billed separately
• Code-specific RVUs — determine fees at a glimpse
• Pub 100 references, global days, assistant-at-surgery, and prior approval requirements included together with the associated CPT® code — code extra efficiently
• Modifiers this are appropriate for every code from the RBRVS — recognize which modifiers can or cannot be used together with every procedure