Optum360 2020 Coding and Payment Guide for Laboratory Services, Spiral (SLAB20)

Description The Coding and Payment Guide for Laboratory Services is your one-stop coding, reimbursement, and documentation resource developed exclusively for lab and pathology. This comprehensive and easy-touse guide is updated for 2020 and organized by specialty-specific CPT® codes. Each code includes its official description and lay description, coding tip, documentation and reimbursement tips, Medicare edits, and is cross-coded to common. ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes to complete the coding process. Getting to the code information you need has never been so easy. * Code icons. Quickly identify new, revised and add-on procedure codes related your specialty and now New for 2020, icon identifying ICD-10-CM codes that identify right, left, or bilateral options. * 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. * Quickly find information. All the information you need is provided, including CPT® full code descriptions, lay descriptions, coding tips, procedure code-specific documentation and reimbursement tips, CPT® Assistant references, Medicare IOM references and commonly associated ICD-10-M diagnosis codes. * Avoid cl denials and/or audits. Medicare payer information includes references from Internet Only Manual (IOM) guidelines, follow-up days, and modifier usage. * 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 services and Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule references are included. * CCI edits. Includes a section with CCI edits for CPT® and HCPCS procedure codes with quarterly updates available online. * Helpful illustrations. Detailed illustrations for a better understanding of anatomy related to pathology and laboratory services. * ISBN: 978-1-62254-587-2 * Available December 2019 Specifications Topic : Laboratory Services Edition : 2020 Format : Book Binding : Spiral Bound Brand : Optum 360 Customizable : No Weight : 1.40 lbs. per Each

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