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MedLearn Publications
Edited by Denise A. Merlino, CPC, CNMT, MBA
2008 Nuclear Medicine Coder (Guide)
Find the right code more quickly and easily
Guides you through a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for nuclear medicine coding, enabling you to make selections with greater speed and ease.
Highlights:
- 2008 Official Medicare payment information for nuclear medicine procedures
- New and revised 2008 CPT codes and modifiers
- Current Medicare rates, including APC categories, national HOPPS payment rates and Physician Fee Schedule
- Current RVUs for professional, technical and global components, accompanied by their corresponding national payment rates
- Revised 2008 radiopharmaceutical code list along with drug tables, plus crosswalks to common material names
- Billing advice by body section, including endocrine, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory
- Billing guidelines for PET imaging, SPECT procedures and the
multiple procedure rule
- NEW for 2008: Updated Specialty Society coding consensus opinions, new information pertaining to the National Oncologic PET Registry, more practical tips, conveniently grouped by body section
Nuclear Medicine Coder
Item #: PNUC $107
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Coding Update: The Charge Description Master, July/August 2003, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) UPTAKE, page 3.
Medically Unnecessary? Use ABNs to Tell Patients in Advance, May/June 2003, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) UPTAKE, page 5.
2003 HOPPS Reimbursement: Proper Cost Data is Vital for Future Payments, March/April 2003 Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) UPTAKE, page 2.
Oxford Health Requires Accreditation of Nuclear Cardiology Labs, Fall 2002, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) UPTAKE, page 6.
Nuclear Medicine Reimbursement: What’s Next? Summer 2002, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) UPTAKE, page 2.
2002 Coding and Reimbursement Updates from Mid-Winter Meeting, Spring 2002, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) UPTAKE, page 3.
Understanding APCs for Nuclear Cardiology, September/October 2000, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC), volume 7, number 5; 528-38.
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