AAPC's difference means these features:

• HCC Reporting Guide Receive expert advice regarding HCC reporting in 2021
• Tabs - Simply flip to the chapter you need, saving you time during your exam or in the office
• Comprehensive 2021 Code Updates – Stay up to date. AAPC code books will notify you about new, deleted, and changed codes modifiers.
• More Brand Name Drugs in Table of Drugs - Pairing drugs with codes can be difficult. Simplify the process with easy to understand tables and tips.
• Modifiers Easier to Find and Use - Modifiers are easy to use and handy to find with a front cover fold-out flap that contain the modifier information you need to code accurately
• Additional Information for Each Chapter - Included information will help you meet your quota or pass your exam
• APC Status Indicators and ASC Designation Symbols - Find the codes payable through OPPS, and we’ll help you do it accurately
• DMEPOS Icon - AAPC books make billing DME easier with supplemental information.
• In-depth Illustrations - View the various items associated with codes, along with anatomical illustrations.
• AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS References - AHA Coding Clinic^® not only helps you report supplies and services accurately; it helps you stand up to challenges
• User-friendly Appendixes - Appendixes have the extra information you want, including the relevant parts of Medicare’s Pub 100
• Color-coded Bars and Icons - Ask around, no HCPCS Level II books are as color-coded and easy to use as this. With Pub. 100 references, age and sex edits, quantity alerts, new/deleted/revised code changes, and government coverage and rules for each code, the 2021 Official HCPCS Level II Expert Code Book is an essential key.