CPT® Changes 2009
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
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
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