CPT Easy Links 2006 Obstetrics & Gynecology: A Comprehensive Guide To Linking CPT Codes to ICD-9-CM Codes

by Practice Management Information Corporation

• ISBN13: 9781570663772
• ISBN10: 1570663777
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Practice Management Information

Table of Contents

Foreword	iii
Disclaimer	iv
Introduction	1	(1)
Linking Diagnosis Codes to Procedure Codes	1	(1)
Sources of the Data And Data Analysis	1	(1)
Format of the Listings	2	(1)
CPT Coding	2	(4)
Key points regarding CPT	3	(1)
Structure of the CPT Coding System	3	(1)
How to use the CPT Coding System	3	(1)
CPT Modifiers	4	(1)
Unlisted Procedures or Services	4	(1)
CPT Changes, Additions, and Deletions	5	(1)
Place (Location) of Service	5	(1)
Procedure Down-Coding	5	(1)
Down-Coding Due to Lack of Documentation	5	(1)
ICD-9-CM Coding	6	(5)
Key Points Regarding ICD-9-CM	7	(1)
Medicare Requirements for ICD-9-CM Coding	7	(1)
CMS Guidelines for Using ICD-9-CM Codes	7	(2)
Important Diagnosis Coding Issues	9	(2)
Nine Steps for Accurate and Precise ICD-9-CM Coding	11	(1)
Documentation Guidelines	11	(2)
What is Documentation and Why is it Important?	12	(1)
What Do Payers Want and Why?	12	(1)
General Principles of Medical Record Documentation	13	(1)
National Correct Coding Policy	13	(14)
Purpose of the Correct Coding Policy	14	(1)
What is Correct Coding?	14	(1)
General Correct Coding Policies	15	(1)
Coding Based on Standards of Medical/Surgical Practice	16	(2)
Medical/Surgical Package	18	(2)
Standard Preparation/Monitoring Services	20	(1)
Anesthesia Service Included in Surgical Procedure	21	(1)
Coding Services Supplemental to a Principal Procedure (Add-on Codes)	21	(1)
Modifiers and Correct Coding	22	(1)
Separate Procedure	22	(1)
Family of Codes	23	(1)
More Extensive Procedures	23	(1)
Sequential Procedures	24	(1)
``With'' Versus ``Without'' Procedures	24	(1)
Mutually Exclusive Procedures	24	(1)
Gender-Specific Procedures	25	(1)
Excluded Services	25	(1)
Unlisted Services or Procedures	25	(2)
Evaluation & Management Services	27	(13)
Classification of evaluation and management services	27	(1)
Subsection Information	27	(1)
Materials Supplied by the Physician	28	(1)
Definitions of commonly used terms	28	(1)
New and established patients	28	(1)
Chief complaint	29	(1)
Concurrent care	29	(1)
Counseling	29	(1)
History	29	(1)
System review (review of systems)	30	(1)
Levels of Evaluation and Management Services	30	(1)
Key Components	31	(4)
Time	35	(1)
Diagnostic Tests or Studies	36	(1)
Unlisted E & M Services	36	(1)
Special report	36	(1)
Modifiers Used With E & M Services	36	(1)
Choosing Evaluation and Management Codes	37	(2)
Correct Coding Issues for E/M Services	39	(1)
Evaluation and Management Services Codes	40	(33)
Office or other outpatient services	40	(4)
Hospital observation services	44	(2)
Hospital inpatient services	46	(4)
Consultations	50	(4)
Emergency department services	54	(2)
Critical care services	56	(1)
Nursing facility services	57	(4)
Domiciliary, rest home (eg Boarding Home), or custodial care services	61	(4)
Domiciliary, rest home (eg Assisted Living), or home care plan oversight services	65	(1)
Prolonged services	65	(3)
Case management services	68	(1)
Care plan oversight services	69	(4)
Surgery Services	73	(3)
Surgery Section Overview	73	(1)
Key Points About Surgery Services	73	(1)
Global Surgical Package	73	(1)
Special report	74	(1)
Multiple surgical procedures	74	(1)
Separate procedure	74	(1)
Surgery subsections	75	(1)
Surgery section modifiers	75	(1)
Add-on codes	76	(1)
Starred procedures	76	(1)
Medical and surgical supplies	76	(1)
Integumentary System	76	(21)
Correct Coding Issues for the Integumentary System	76	(4)
Skin, subcutaneous and accessory structures	80	(10)
Wound Repair (closure)	90	(2)
Skin replacement surgery and skin substitutes	92	(2)
Destruction of Lesions	94	(2)
Breast	96	(1)
Hemic and Lymphatic Systems	97	(2)
Digestive System	99	(4)
Urinary System Services	103	(18)
Ureter and Bladder	104	(13)
Endoscopy -- Cystoscopy, Urethroscopy, Cystourethroscopy	117	(1)
Transurethral Surgery	118	(1)
Urethra	119	(2)
Male Genital System	121	(1)
Female Genital System	121	(67)
Vulva, Perineum and Introitus	121	(9)
Vagina	130	(18)
Cervix Uteri	148	(8)
Corpus Uteri	156	(20)
Oviduct/Ovary	176	(6)
Ovary	182	(5)
In Vitro Fertilization	187	(1)
Other Services	187	(1)
Maternity Care and Delivery	188	(17)
Antepartum Services	189	(3)
Excision	192	(3)
Introduction	195	(1)
Repair	195	(1)
Vaginal Delivery, Antepartum and Postpartum Care	196	(2)
Cesarean Delivery	198	(2)
Delivery After Previous Cesarean Delivery	200	(1)
Abortion	201	(3)
Other Maternity Care Services	204	(1)
Nervous System	205	(4)
Radiology	209	(30)
Radiology section overview	209	(1)
Radiology subsections	209	(1)
Complete procedures	209	(1)
Supervision and interpretation only	209	(1)
Radiology service modifiers	209	(1)
Bilateral procedure codes	210	(1)
Radiology services Medicare considerations	210	(1)
Correct Coding Issues for Radiology	210	(3)
Radiology codes	213	(1)
Diagnostic Radiology	213	(10)
Diagnostic Ultrasound	223	(16)
Pathology/Laboratory	239	(54)
Laboratory section overview	239	(1)
Laboratory subsections	239	(1)
Laboratory service modifiers	239	(1)
Pathology	240	(1)
Clinical pathology	240	(1)
Correct Coding Issues for Pathology and Laboratory	240	(2)
Pathology and laboratory codes	242	(1)
Organ or Disease Oriented Panels	242	(6)
Urinalysis	248	(6)
Chemistry	254	(15)
Hematology and Coagulation	269	(6)
Immunology	275	(2)
Transfusion Medicine	277	(1)
Microbiology	277	(9)
Cytopathology	286	(7)
Medicine Services	293	(6)
Medicine Section Overview	293	(1)
Medicine Subsections	294	(1)
Medicine Services Modifiers	294	(1)
Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Or Diagnostic Injections	294	(1)
Medicine Services Codes	295	(1)
Biofeedback	296	(1)
Neurology	297	(1)
Chemotherapy	298	(1)
Special Medicine Services	299