CPT® Changes 2009

an insider's view


Book cover for CPT Changes 2009

For a better understanding of the CPT® code set, rely on the best-selling CPT® Changes 2009: An Insider's View. Find the meaning behind all of the changes noted by the symbols you've come to know within the AMA's CPT® Professional Edition codebook. Invest in this annual publication and get the insider's perspective into the CPT code set right from the source — the American Medical Association.

Prepare for the upcoming coding year with detailed information regarding what CPT® codes changed and why - explanations of how to adapt, clinical examples illustrating how to use the new and revised codes. Your CPT® Changes subscription on Find-A-Code also includes historical changes back to 2000.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Using This Book
    The Symbols
    The Rationale
    Reading the Clinical Examples
    The Tabular Review of the Changes
    CPT Codebook Text and Guidelines
Introduction
Evaluation and Management
    Evaluation and Management (E/M) Services Guidelines
    Hospital Inpatient Services
    Critical Care Services
    Prolonged Services
    Case Management Services
    Preventive Medicine Services
    Newborn Care Services
    Inpatient Neonatal Intensive Care Services and Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Services
    Initial and Continuing Intensive Care Services
Anesthesia
    Head
    Thorax (Chest Wall and Shoulder Girdle)
    Other Procedures
Surgery
    General
    Integumentary System
    Musculoskeletal System
    Respiratory System
    Cardiovascular System
    Digestive System
    Urinary System
    Male Genital System
    Female Genital System
    Nervous System
    Eye and Ocular Adnexa
    Operating Microscope
Radiology
    Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging)
    Diagnostic Ultrasound
    Radiologic Guidance
    Breast, Mammography
    Bone/Joint Studies
    Radiation Oncology
    Nuclear Medicine
Pathology and Laboratory
    Organ or Disease-Oriented Panels
    Evocative/Suppression Testing
    Chemistry
    Hematology and Coagulation
    Immunology
    Microbiology
    In Vivo (eg, Transcutaneous) Laboratory Procedures
Medicine
    Immune Globulins
    Immunization Administration for Vaccines/Toxoids
    Vaccines, Toxoids
    Biofeedback
    Dialysis
    Gastroenterology
    Ophthalmology
    Special Otorhinolaryngologic Services
    Audiologic Function Tests
    Cardiovascular
    Pulmonary
    Allergy and Clinical Immunology
    Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention
Category II
Category II Codes
    Composite Codes
    Structural Measures
Category III
Category III Codes
    Category III Codes
    Remote Real-Time Interactive Videoconferenced Critical Care Services
Appendices
Appendix A
    Modifiers
2009 Tabular Review of the Changes


Notice

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American Medical Association. (2008). CPT® Changes 2009. Retrieved from https://www.findacode.com/library/ama/cpt-changes/2009/index.html

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