| Abstract: | Consolidate the coding process with the Coding Companion, your one-stop resource developed exclusively for those who code for orthopaedics. This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide includes 2018 CPT., HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM code sets specific to your specialty. Each specialty-specific procedure code includes its official description and lay description, coding tips, terminology, cross-coding to common ICD-10-CM, and relative value units. Getting to the code information you need has never been so easy. New Code icons. Quickly identify new, revised and add-on procedure codes related to orthopaedics. New 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. CCI edits by CPT. and HCPCS procedure code. CPT. and HCPCS procedure codes with associated CCI edits in a special section and quarterly updates available online. |
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