Coding with Modifiers 6th Edition

Coding with Modifiers, 6th Edition provides guidance on how and when to use modifiers to avoid costly payment delay and denials. Modifiers create clear, concise communications between the provider and payer, and are essential to the coding process.

NEW in the sixth edition: a Documentation and Other Considerations section at the end of every chapter to highlight important clinical documentation improvements for each modifier as well as how to apply each modifier in auditing, and analytics, etc, In addition, multiple new features, such as Alert/Advice Notes, Coding Tips, Definitions, various types of end-of-chapter exercises, such as multiple choice, true/false, provide modifier, case studies, and Internet-based exercises, were added to reinforce best practices and enrich learning and teaching experience.

Key features and benefits of this AMA modifier coding guide:

• Fully updated for 2020 code set: CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10-CM 2020 and Medicare RBRVS 2020 code sets
• Clinical examples used throughout every chapter for every modifier to show how a modifier should be reported and the rationale for using each modifier.
• New CPT and HCPCS modifiers (includes code-set changes in an electronic Addendum, available Spring 2021)
• New logic trees in Appendix C
• Summary review of modifier usage checklist at the end of each chapter
• The modifier’s complete definition, therefore users won’t need to search for the modifier’s definition in the CPT 2020 codebook.
• The CPT guideline and exceptions for the modifier in terms of its history and evolution (and its proper usage and by whom.
• The CMS guideline and exceptions for the modifier in terms of history and evolution and its proper usage and by whom.
• The NCCI guideline and exceptions for the modifier, if applicable, in terms of its proper usage and by whom.
• The third-party payer guideline and exceptions for the modifier, if available and applicable, in terms of its proper usage and by whom.

Additional educational tools are included:

• Advice/Alert Note
• New and revised codes for 2020
• Coding Tips, Third-Party Coding Tips, CMS Coding Tips, Documentation Alert Tip
• 30 review exercises for each chapter to test understanding and application of content, including multiple choice, true/false, fill in blanks, case studies, and internet-based exercises
• Definitions of key terms
• Instructor materials, including PowerPoint slides, test bank, and instructor manual

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