CPT Plus! 2008 [Perfect Paperback]

James B. Davis (Author), Editor (Author), Kathy Swanson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 3, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1570664463 | ISBN-13: 978-1570664465 | Edition: Thumbed

Comprehensive CPT Coding Instructions: Includes our complete CPT coding tutorial packed with general instructions and coding and billing tips. Full-color Anatomical Illustrations: Includes unique, full-color, full page anatomical illustrations with CPT code section cross-references. Unique CPT Color-Coding System: Features the same color-coding system as our ICD-9-CM and HCPCS coding books to clearly identify CPT codes subject to special coding rules, coverage limitations, and payment restrictions. This unique color-coding system helps you code procedures faster and more accurately, while decreasing your audit liability and potentially increasing your revenues. Compact Size, Larger Print, Light-Weight: The compact 6" x 9" format takes up 40% less desk space, weighs half as much as other books, and features a single column format with larger, easier-to-read print. Thumb-indexing and Lay-flat binding: Thumb-indexing helps you find CPT codes faster. Lay-flat binding stays open exactly where you want it to. New and Improved Alphabetical Index: Our completely revised index has over twice the page count and over four times as many listings as our previous edition, designed to help you locate codes faster.

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About the Author

PMIC is the nation's leading independent publisher of medical coding and compliance books, forms and software for the health care industry. --This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 1280 pages
• Publisher: Practice Management Information Corporation; Thumbed edition (December 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570664463
• ISBN-13: 978-1570664465
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,802,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

James B. Davis, known as "The Billion dollar Biller," has written or edited over 200 books on medical coding, billing, reimbursement and practice management. He has been in the health care industry for over 40 years, working in clinics, hospitals, insurance companies, and has experience in providing patient care. His expertise in the medical coding field is the result of billing over $1 billion dollars in health insurance claims for physicians and other health care providers.

He is the founder and President of Practice Management Information Corporation, dba PMIC, the nation's leading independent publisher of medical coding and compliance books, forms and software. He designs, writes and edits books based on a deep first-hand knowledge of coding, billing, and reimbursement, as well as a clear understanding of how medical offices, clinics, hospitals, and insurance companies work and interact.