Coding & Payment Guide for Behavioral Health Services 2020: An Essential, Coding, Billing and Reimbursement Resource for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Clinical Social Workers - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1622545907 ISBN 13: 9781622545902

Publisher: Optuminsight Inc, 2019

Synopsis

The Coding and Payment Guide for Behavioral Health Services 2020 is your one-stop coding, reimbursement, and documentation resource developed exclusively for behavioral health. This comprehensive and easy-to-use 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. Key Features and Benefits: Evaluation and Management Services. Evaluation and Management CPT codes commonly used in your specialty are now included with their official description, lay description, coding tip, Medicare edits, and relative value units. Also included is a chapter with coding guidelines and tables to assist you in the E/M code selection process. Code icons. Quickly identify new, revised and add-on procedure codes related to your specialty. CPT Assistant references. Identifies that an article or discussion of the CPT code has been in the American Medical Associations 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, clinical terms, Medicare IOM references, CPT Assistant references, and commonly associated ICD-10-M diagnosis codes. Avoid claim denials and/or audits. Medicare payer information includes references from Internet Only Manual (IOM) guidelines, follow-up days, and modifier usage. CCI edits. Includes a section with CCI edits for CPT and HCPCS procedure codes with quarterly updates available online. Easily determine fees for your practice and reinforce consistency in the charges

Edition details

• Publisher: Optuminsight Inc
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1622545907
• ISBN 13: 9781622545902
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 297