Correctly interpreting and reporting medical procedures and services begins with CPT® 2012 Standard Edition. Brought to you by the American Medical Association (AMA), the developer of CPT codes, this is the only codebook with official CPT coding rules and guidelines developed by the CPT Editorial Panel.
In addition to covering hundreds of code, guideline, and text changes, the 2012 edition contains extensive changes to the Surgery section, including important updates to subsections such as Excision and Debridement. Additional features include:
• Anatomical illustrations-help users better understand CPT code applications
• Summary of all CPT code additions, deletions, and revisions-provides readers with a quick reference to 2012 changes without having to refer to the previous edition
• Extensive index-locate codes by procedure/service, organ/other anatomic site, condition, synonyms/eponyms. and abbreviations