Coding for Pediatrics 2024 : A Manual for Pediatric Documentation and Payment

This year’s completely updated 29th edition of Coding for Pediatrics includes all changes in Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT ®) codes—complete with expert guidance for their application. Also included are the new office and outpatient evaluation and management coding changes. The book’s recently updated vignettes and examples, as well as the many coding pearls throughout, provide added guidance needed to ensure accuracy and payment. What's new for 2024: • New roadmap to identify chapter applicability by specialty, role, and setting • Added discussion of evaluation and management guidelines for code selection including correct reporting of split or shared visits • New Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for behavioral health integration services • New codes for intraoperative echocardiography and venography for congenital heart defects • New codes for vertebral tethering procedures Front Matter 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 SettingsPart 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 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 2024 ICD-10-CM Pediatric Code Changes II. Vaccine Products: Commonly Administered Pediatric Vaccines III. Test Your Knowledge! Answer Key Subject Index Code Index The 29th edition of this best-selling AAP coding publication has been completed updated to include all the 2024 changes and additions of CPT codes, complete with expert guidance for their application. And much more!