American Medical Association

CPT changes 2008; an insider's view.

This volume provides official AMA interpretations and explanations for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) 2008 code and guideline changes in the 2008 CPT codebook. New, revised, and deleted codes, text, and guideline changes are listed with details on the reasons for the change. The book is organized by sections on evaluation and management, anesthesia, surgery, radiology, pathology and laboratory medicine, category II codes, and category III codes. Clinical examples that describe the typical patient who might receive the procedure and detailed descriptions of the procedure are incorporated. Included is a table of all the code changes. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Physician's guide to implementing Medicare's Physican Quality Reporting Initiative; an insider's view, 2007.

This resource for physician practices offers performance measure information pertaining to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). It provides tools and information necessary to help physician practices take advantage of the financial incentives organized through the PQRI program. Material in is sections on performance measures, the Medicare PQRI, and physician quality measures. About 75 measurement descriptions are included, along with data collection worksheets and coding specifications. Appendices provide a PQRI glossary, a list of Category II CPT codes, and a list of abbreviations and acronyms. Stead is a physician. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Principles of CPT coding, 5th ed. (CD-ROM included)

This textbook explains the CPT (current procedural terminology) codebook and nomenclature, which defines the numeric system for reporting medical services and procedures. The book introduces categories and guidelines, and describes the codes for evaluation and management services, surgery and specific procedures, anesthesia, radiology, pathology and laboratory, and medicine. The fifth edition adds a CD-ROM containing a slide presentation with speaker notes. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

State medical licensure requirements and statistics, 2008.

This work presents current information and statistics on medical licensure in the US and its possessions. Data were obtained from a number of sources, including state boards of medical examiners, the Federation of State Medical Boards, the National Board of Medical Examiners, and the US Medical Licensing Examination Secretariat. Licensure data and policies were compiled from the AMA's 2007 Medical Licensure Survey, which was sent in April 2007 to all 54 allopathic and 14 osteopathic boards of medical examiners in the US. Because boards meet frequently to modify their licensure and examination policies, appendices of contact information for the state licensing boards is included. A glossary is also included. The book will be used by physicians, recruiters, employers, and consultants. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)