CPT 2010 Professional Edition

This book is straight from the AMA, the only CPT[registered] codebook with the official CPT[registered] coding rules and guidelines. It covers hundreds of code, guideline and text changes, including section-specific table of contents that provides users with an efficient tool to navigate information relevant to the codes listed in each section (new and exclusive). Each section includes relevant anatomical and procedural illustrations and their corresponding listing in the given section (new and exclusive). It features reference tables - for quicker identification of codes and assist users to better understand the definition and differentiation of key parameters in large families of codes (new and exclusive); inclusion of CPT[registered] Assistant citations for modifiers (Appendix A) (new and exclusive); comprehensive appendix crosswalk of deleted codes and new codes; evaluation and management (E/M) decision-tree process flowchart; updated CPT[registered] Assistant, Clinical Examples in Radiology newsletter and CPT[registered] Changes book citations; clinical examples for E/M services codes; summary of additions, deletions and revisions that provides a quick reference to 2009 changes without having to refer to previous editions; and, a place of service codes with facility name and description.