Here’s the pediatric-specific help you need for compliant coding and prompt payment! Code it right the first time—and minimize claim denials and payment delays—with today’s most trusted pediatric coding and documentation guide. For beginners and advanced coders alike, this is the first place to look for pediatric-specific coding solutions…new and updated pediatric codes—with expert guidelines for their proper use…unique insights into the complex “gray areas” of pediatric coding…profitability-boosting tips…and much more. The basics and beyond — straight from AAP pediatric coding professionals. Coding for Pediatrics 2012 contents include:
• New CPT and ICD-9-CM Codes for 2012
• Coding for Evaluation and Management Documentation and Coding Guidelines
• Evaluation and Management Services in the Office, Outpatient, Home or Nursing Facility Setting
• Noncritical Hospital Care
• Perinatal Counseling and Care of the Neonate and Critically Ill Infant/Child
• Emergency Department Services
• Common Procedures and Non-E/M Medical Services
• Modifiers and Coding Edits
• Diagnosis Coding
• Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
• Category II CPT® Codes—Pay for Performance Measures and Category III CPT® Codes—Emerging Technologies
• Fraud and Abuse Compliance for the Pediatric Practice
• The Business of Medicine: From Clean Claims to Correct Payment and Emerging Payment Methodolgies