CPT® Changes 2018

For a better understanding of the latest revisions to the CPT® code set, rely on the best-selling CPT® Changes 2018: An Insider’s View. Find the meaning behind all of the changes included in the AMA’s CPT® Professional Edition codebook. Invest in this annual publication and get the insider’s perspective into the CPT code set directly from the source—the American Medical Association.

AMA is the authority to turn to when seeking an official interpretation and explanation for a CPT code or guideline change.

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Features and Benefits

• Organizational structure similar to the CPT codebook — allows coders to easily conduct a side-by-side read of CPT® Changes with the CPT® Professional
• Official AMA rationales — provide a detailed explanation for the code or guideline change
• Clinical examples, procedural descriptions and illustrations — help explain the practical application for each change
• At-a-glance summary table of the 2018 changes in each section — shows the extent to which that changes affect a particular specialty

Key Selling Points

• Serves as a good cross-reference for the latest edition of the CPT codebook by providing users with extended and practical explanations and applications for each change in the codebook
• Consolidates and condenses all of the changes from the latest codebook
• Provides reasons why and how a code may have been revised, deleted and added, and the implication of the changes to a user
• Provides descriptions of the services and/or procedures of typical clinical examples to showcase or highlight these changes in order to illustrate how to use and report the new and/or revised codes