Consolidate
the coding process with the Coding Companion, your one-stop resource developed
exclusively for those who code for cardiology, cardiothoracic and vascular
surgery. This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide includes 2018 CPT®, HCPCS,
and ICD-10-CM code sets specific to your specialty. Each specialty-specific
procedure code includes its official description and lay description, coding
tips, terminology, cross-coding to common ICD-10-CM, and relative value units.
Getting to the code information you need has never been so easy.
Key
Features and Benefits
- New
— Code icons. Quickly identify new, revised and add-on procedure codes related
to cardiology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery.
- New
— CPT® Assistant references. Identifies that an article or discussion of the
CPT code has been in the American Medical Association’s CPT Assistant
newsletter. Use the citation to locate the correct volume.
- Optum360
Edge — HCPCS procedure codes. Only Optum360 offers HCPCS procedure codes
specific to your specialty with the same information as we provide for CPT
codes.
- Quickly
find information. All the information you need is provided, including
illustrations, lay descriptions, coding tips, terms, cross-coding, Medicare
RVUs and Pub. 100 references.
- Organized
by CPT® and HCPCS procedure code. Essential procedures for cardiology,
cardiothoracic and vascular surgery are listed by CPT® or HCPCS procedure code,
along with crosswalks to common ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes.
- 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 for procedures are included.
- Avoid
claim denials and/or audits. Medicare payer information provides the references
to Pub. 100 guidelines, follow-up days, and assistant-at-surgery.
- CCI
edits by CPT® and HCPCS procedure code. CPT® and HCPCS procedure codes with
associated CCI edits in a special section and quarterly updates available
online.
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