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CPT(R) 2026 Professional Edition is the definitive American Medical Association (AMA)-authored resource to help health care professionals correctly report and bill medical procedures and services. Health care professionals want accurate reporting of services rendered and reimbursement. Payers want efficient claims processing. Correct reporting and billing of medical procedures and services begins with CPT(R) 2026 Professional Edition. Only the AMA, with the help of physicians and other experts in the health care community, creates and maintains the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT(R)) code set. No other codebook has the accurate, complete official guidelines for the latest and current procedural terminology for procedures and services to help you code and report medical services and procedures properly. The AMA also takes the copyright protection of its content very seriously and is committed to providing the most effective anti-piracy efforts for its authors and readers, such as inclusion of the Amazon Anti Privacy Sticker, in accordance with current copyright rules and laws. Recognizing that racism is a threat to the advancement of health equity and a barrier to appropriate medical care, as well as the power of images in contributing and limiting what bodies physicians, medical professionals, and students learn to see and define as normal and standard, the CPT 2026 Professional Edition will continue to enhance inclusivity by adding 20 more diversity-related illustrations, bringing the total number of updated images since 2023 to 81, to counter a deep-seated, culturally, and systemically biased norm. These diversity-related images continue advancing inclusive and equitable representation of a diverse range of skin tones in our medical educational resources for everyone who uses our codebook in their daily work, practice, and education. FEATURES AND BENEFITS The CPT(R) 2026 Professional Edition codebook covers hundreds of code, guideline and text changes and features: CPT(R) Changes, CPT(R) Assistant, and Clinical Examples in Radiology citations -- provides cross-referenced information to popular AMA resources that can enhance your understanding of the CPT code set. A comprehensive index -- locate codes related to a specific procedure, service, anatomic site, condition, synonym, eponym or abbreviation quickly. Anatomical and procedural illustrations -- help improve coding accuracy and understanding of the anatomy and services/procedures discussed. Overall codebook table of contents --enable a quick search of the entire codebook's content for quick access. Section table of contents -- provide a useful tool to navigate effectively and quickly through each section's codes. Complete list of the additions, deletions and revisions for codes and code descriptors -- provide a summary and quick reference of the 2026 changes in the codes without having to compare editions. Multiple appendices -- offer additional information for modifiers; add-on codes; images of vascular families; re-sequenced codes, MAAAs and PLA services, digital medicine-services taxonomy; guidance for classifying various AI applications of AI for medical services and procedures; and all audio-only telemedicine CPT codes. Comprehensive E/M code selection tables -- aid physicians and coders in assigning the most appropriate evaluation and management codes. Notes pages at the end of every code set section and subsection.

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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. Know the changes inside and out. Avoid and reduce claim denials. Features and BenefitsOrganizational structure similar to the CPT codebook — allows coders to easily conduct a side-by-side read of CPT® Changes with the CPT® ProfessionalOfficial AMA rationales — provide a detailed explanation for the code or guideline changeClinical examples, procedural descriptions and illustrations — help explain the practical application for each changeAt-a-glance summary table of the 2018 changes in each section — shows the extent to which that changes affect a particular specialtyKey Selling PointsServes 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 codebookConsolidates and condenses all of the changes from the latest codebookProvides reasons why and how a code may have been revised, deleted and added, and the implication of the changes to a userProvides 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

Updated and revised by the AMA, this best-selling resource is a comprehensive training and education textbook that provides the most in-depth review available of the entire CPTr codebook. Expanded images, chapters and content provide a broader explanation of the CPT code set and include: New Appendix describes how to code from an operative report New Ancillary educator material includes individual chapter slide presentations, whole book review slide presentations, chapter presentation notes, and three levels of question-andanswer banks for tests and quizzes found throughout the book. New Two new subsections of medicine that pertain to cardiovascular device monitoring and end-stage renal disease services Expanded and revised chapter sections provide enhanced coding guidelines and instructions for spinal and cranial sterotactic radiosurgery codes in the nervous system subsection, in addition to E/M revisions on newborn care services, delivery/ birth room attendance, resuscitation services and more Numerous revisions to medicine section offers in-depth discussion regarding hydration therapeutics, prophylactic injections and infusions, and chemotherapy administration

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