CPT® Changes 2008
an insider's view
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Table of Contents
ForewordAcknowledgements
Using This Book
The Symbols
The Rationale
Reading the Clinical Examples
The Tabular Review of the Changes
CPT Codebook Text and Guidelines
Introduction
Instructions for Use of the CPT Codebook
Evaluation and Management
Hospital Inpatient Services
Pediatric Critical Care Patient Transport
Critical Care Services
Inpatient Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care and Intensive Services
Nursing Facility Services
Domiciliary, Rest Home (eg, Assisted Living Facility), or Home Care Plan Oversight Services
Prolonged Services
Case Management Services
Care Plan Oversight Services
Preventive Medicine Services
Non-Face-to-Face Physician Services
Other Evaluation and Management Services
Anesthesia
Spine and Spinal Cord
Radiological Procedures
Surgery
Integumentary System
Musculoskeletal System
Respiratory System
Cardiovascular System
Hemic and Lymphatic Systems
Digestive System
Urinary System
Male Genital System
Reproductive System Procedures
Intersex Surgery
Female Genital System
Endocrine System
Nervous System
Eye and Ocular Adnexa
Radiology
Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging)
Diagnostic Ultrasound
Radiologic Guidance
Radiation Oncology
Nuclear Medicine
Pathology and Laboratory
Organ or Disease-Oriented Panels
Urinalysis
Chemistry
Immunology
Transfusion Medicine
Microbiology
Cytopathology
Surgical Pathology
Reproductive Medicine Procedures
Medicine
Immune Globulins
Immunization Administration for Vaccines/Toxoids
Vaccines, Toxoids
Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, and Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (Excludes Chemotherapy)
Psychiatry
Dialysis
Ophthalmology
Cardiovascular
Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Studies
Pulmonary
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Neurology and Neuromuscular Procedures
Central Nervous System Assessments/Tests (eg, Neuro-Cognitive, Mental Status, Speech Testing)
Chemotherapy Administration
NonFace-to-Face Nonphysician Services
Special Services, Procedures and Reports
Moderate (Conscious) Sedation
Other Services and Procedures
Medication Therapy Management Services
Category II
Category II Codes
Modifiers
Composite 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
Category III Codes
Appendices
Appendix A
Appendix D
Summary of CPT Add-on Codes
Appendix E
Summary of CPT Codes Exempt From Modifier 51
Appendix H
Alphabetic Index of Performance Measures by Clinical Condition or Topic
2008 Tabular Review of the Changes
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American Medical Association. (2007). CPT® Changes 2008. Retrieved from https://www.findacode.com/library/ama/cpt-changes/2008/index.html
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