CPT® 2017 Professional Edition is the definitive AMA authored
resource to help health care professionals correctly report and bill
medical procedures and services. The AMA publishes the only CPT codebook
with the official CPT guidelines. The CPT® 2017 Professional Edition
codebook features the following enhancements:
- Updated
alphabetical tabular listing of most analytes in the Pathology and
Laboratory section eases your code search by directing you to applicable
molecular pathology codes based on a specific analyte
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Increased granularity in Molecular Pathology improves your ability to
assign the proper code for a laboratory procedure
- Updated! CPT®
Changes, CPT® Assistant, and Clinical Examples in Radiology citations
provides cross-referenced information in popular AMA resources that can
enhance your understanding of the CPT code set
- A comprehensive
index aids you in locating codes related to a specific procedure,
service, anatomic site, condition, synonym, eponym or abbreviation to
allow for a clearer, quicker search
- Anatomical and procedural
illustrations help improve coding accuracy and understanding of the
anatomy and procedures being discussed
- Appendix of multianalyte
assays with algorithmic analyses provides an administrative code set of
single-sourced (laboratory or manufacturer) tests
- Coding tips
throughout each section improve your understanding of the nuances of the
code set
- Enhanced codebook table of contents allows users to
perform a quick search of the codebook s entire content without being in
a specific section
- Section-specific table of contents provides
users with a tool to navigate more effectively through each section s
codes
- Summary of additions, deletions and revisions provides a
quick reference to 2017 changes without having to refer to previous
editions
- Multiple appendices offer quick reference to
additional information and resources that cover such topics as
modifiers, clinical examples, add-on codes and vascular families