HCPCS 2021 Level II Professional Edition

This professional edition includes such features as Netter's Anatomy illustrations, dental codes, and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment and status indicators.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• Full-color Netter's Anatomy illustrations clarify complex anatomic information and how it affects coding.
• At-a-glance code listings and distinctive symbols identify all new, revised, reinstated and deleted codes for 2021.
• The American Hospital Association Coding Clinic® for HCPCS citations provides sources for information
• about specific codes and their usage.
• Convenient spiral binding provides easy access in practice settings.
• Quantity feature highlights units of service allowable per patient, per day, as listed in the Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) for enhanced accuracy on claims.
• Drug code annotations identify brand-name drugs as well as drugs that appear on the National Drug Class
• (NDC) directory and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs.
• Color-codedTable of Drugs makes it easier to find specific drug information.
• Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) indicators clearly identify supplies to report to durable medical third-party payers.
• Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) payment and status indicators show which codes are payable in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.
• American Dental Association (ADA) Current Dental Terminology code sets offer access to all dental
• codes in one place.
• Jurisdiction symbols show the appropriate contractor to be billed for suppliers submitting claims to Medicare contractors, Part B carriers and Medicare administrative contractors for DMEPOS services.
• Special coverage information provides alerts when codes have specific coverage instructions, are not valid or covered by Medicare or may be paid at the carrier's discretion.
• Age/Sex edits identify codes for use only with patients of a specific age or sex.