CPT Coding Essentials Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery 2022

CPT Coding Essentials: Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery 2022 is a specialized coding resource covering the CPT and ICD-10-CM codes most relevant to cardiology and vascular surgery, along with medicine and ancillary services codes selected for their utilization, denial risk, and complexity.

The guide includes official CPT Editorial Panel-approved guidelines, code-specific parenthetical instructions, plain English descriptors, CPT Assistant citations, procedural illustrations, and crosswalks from CPT to ICD-10-CM. It also provides National Correct Coding Initiative edits, CMS Pub 100 billing guidance citations, and facility and non-facility relative value units with global surgery days, practice and malpractice expenses, and payment-affecting modifiers.

Additional chapters address terminology and anatomy, HCPCS Level II codes, CPT modifiers, and ICD-10-CM coding and documentation practices, with appendixes covering correct coding principles, the NCCI Edits Table, clinical documentation checklists, and evaluation and management documentation guidelines.

Key Features

Highlights

• Official AMA coding guidelines pertinent to the specialty and not available in any other specialty codebooks in the market
• Official code-specific CPT parenthetical instructions
• Plain English descriptors clarify the details of procedures and/or services represented by the CPT code
• CPT Assistant citations
• Procedural illustrations
• Crosswalks from CPT to ICD-10-CM
• National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits to identify bundled and separately billable codes
• CMS Pub 100 billing guidance citations
• Facility and non-facility RVUs including global surgery days, practice and malpractice expenses, and modifiers that can affect payments
• Additional chapters on terminology and anatomy, HCPCS Level II codes, CPT modifiers, and ICD-10-CM coding and documentation practices
• Appendixes offering correct coding principles, NCCI Edits Table, clinical documentation checklists, and evaluation and management documentation guidelines
• Call outs regarding additional information available in the CPT QuickRef app (requires in-app purchases)