Main description:

This year's completely updated 28th edition of Coding for Pediatrics includes all changes in CPT (R) codes, complete with expert guidance for their application. Also included are the new changes to office and outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) coding. The book's recently updated vignettes and examples, as well as the many coding pearls throughout, add guidance needed to ensure accuracy and payment.

KEY UPDATES

CPT 2023 code updates
New codes and guidelines for many categories of E/M services
New reporting guidelines for split/shared E/M services
New codes for removal of suture and staples
New codes for percutaneous pulmonary artery revascularization
Revised telehealth audio-only coding
Consolidated patient home and online consultations

Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgements
How to Use This Manual
Part 1: Coding Basics and Business Essentials
1. The Basics of Coding
2. Coding Edits and Modifiers
3. Coding to Demonstrate Quality and Value
4. The Business of Medicine: Working with Current and Emerging Payment Systems
5. Preventing Fraud and Abuse: Compliance, Audits, and Paybacks
6. Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines
Part 2: Primarily for the Office and Other Outpatient Settings
7. Non-Preventive Evaluation and Management Services in Outpatient Settings
8. Preventive Services
9. Telephone and Online Digital Evaluation and Management Services
10. Indirect Management of Chronic and Complex Conditions
11. Mental and Behavioral Health Services
12. Common Non-facility Testing and Therapeutic Services
13. Qualified Nonphysician Health Care Professional Services
14. Surgery, Infusion, and Sedation in the Outpatient Setting
Part 3: Primarily for Hospital Settings
15. Emergency Department Services
16. Hospital Care of the Newborn
17. Noncritical Hospital Evaluation and Management Services
18. Critical and Intensive Care
19. Common Surgical Procedures and Sedation in Facility Settings
Part 4: Digital Medicine Services
20. Telemedicine Services
21. Remote Data Collection and Monitoring Services

Appendixes
I. Quick Reference to 2023 ICD-10-CM Pediatric Code Changes
II. Quick Reference to 2023 CPT (R) Pediatric Code Changes
III. Vaccine Products: Commonly Administered Pediatric Vaccines
IV Test Your Knowledge! Answer Key
Indexes
Subject Index
Code Index
AAP/Bright Futures "Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care" (Periodicity Schedule)