CPT® Changes 2010

an insider's view


Book cover for CPT Changes 2010

For a better understanding of the CPT® code set, rely on the best-selling CPT® Changes 2010: 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

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Using This Book
    The Symbols
    The Rationale
    Reading the Clinical Examples
    The Tabular Review of the Changes
    CPT Codebook Text and Guidelines
    Resequencing CPT® Codes: An Initiative Implemented in 2010
    Technical Strategy for Resequencing
Introduction
Evaluation and Management
    Consultations
    Nursing Facility Services
    Prolonged Services
Anesthesia
    Shoulder and Axilla
Surgery
    General
    Integumentary System
    Musculoskeletal System
    Respiratory System
    Cardiovascular System
    Hemic and Lymphatic Systems
    Mediastinum and Diaphragm
    Digestive System
    Urinary System
    Male Genital System
    Female Genital System
    Maternity Care and Delivery
    Nervous System
    Eye and Ocular Adnexa
    Auditory System
Radiology
    Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging)
    Diagnostic Ultrasound
    Radiologic Guidance
    Radiation Oncology
    Nuclear Medicine
Pathology and Laboratory
    Organ or Disease-Oriented Panels
    Chemistry
    Hematology and Coagulation
    Immunology
    Microbiology
    Surgical Pathology
    In Vivo (eg, Transcutaneous) Laboratory Procedures
    Reproductive Medicine Procedures
Medicine
    Immune Globulins, Serum or Recombinant Products
    Immunization Administration for Vaccines/Toxoids
    Vaccines, Toxoids
    Ophthalmology
    Special Otorhinolaryngologic Services
    Cardiovascular
    Pulmonary
    Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures
    Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections and Infusions, and Chemotherapy and Other Highly Complex Drug or Highly Complex Biologic Agent Administration
    Photodynamic Therapy
    Special Dermatological Procedures
    Other Services and Procedures
Category II Codes
    Patient Management
    Patient History
    Physical Examination
    Diagnostic/Screening Processes or Results
    Therapeutic, Preventive, or Other Interventions
    Follow-up or Other Outcomes
    Patient Safety
Category III Codes
2010 Tabular Review of the Changes


Notice

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American Medical Association. (2009). CPT® Changes 2010. Retrieved from https://www.findacode.com/library/ama/cpt-changes/2010/index.html

© 2009 American Medical Association (AMA)




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