Straight from the American Medical Association (AMA), the only CPT® codebook with official CPT coding rules and guidelines developed by the CPT Editorial Panel. The 2012 edition covers hundreds of code, guideline, and text changes plus extensive changes to the Respiratory and Skin Replacement Surgery sections and more.
Exclusive features include procedural and anatomical illustrations, clinical examples of the CPT codes for E/M services, updated citations for the CPT® Assistant and Clinical Examples in Radiology newsletters, J and CPT® Changes. Additional features:
• Section specific table of contents—provides an efficient tool to navigate codes listed in each section
• Anatomical and procedural illustrations incorporated within the code sections—helps users accurately code procedures
• Color-Coded symbols, thumb-notch tabs, legends and dictionary'Style headers—provides quick, easy access to information
• E/M reference tables—included within the book to summarize the requirements for reporting E/M services and help users select and validate correct E/M coding
• Significant changes for deleted and renumbered codes—establish a more logical CPT code set and remove inconsistencies identified in the placement of codes