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Product Information - Nuclear Medicine & PET Coder
Special offer for SNM members – 20% off discount
Member price: $86
List price: $107
Nuclear Medicine & PET Coder is edited by Denise Merlino, MBA, CNMT, CPC, FSNMTS, a nationally recognized nuclear medicine coding, billing and compliance expert and SNM coding advisor.
Avoid the common mistakes that cost you revenue and regulatory compliance
- Under-reporting units for radiopharmaceuticals.
- Missing codes for common procedures.
- Unbundled billing.
Mistakes like these occur all too often in the hospitals, clinics and imaging centers where nuclear medicine procedures are performed. In many cases, staff simply do not understand the rules. Count on the Nuclear Medicine Coder book to help you navigate with confidence through this very complex area of medicine.
- 2009 final Medicare payment policy for nuclear medicine procedures
- New and revised 2009 CPT codes and modifiers
- Current Medicare rates, including APC categories, national HOPPS payment rate and physician fee schedule
- Current RVUs for professional, technical and global components, accompanied by their corresponding national payment rates
- Radiopharmaceutical code list, revised for 2009, along with drug tables and crosswalks to common material names
- NEW FOR 2009:
- Updated Specialty Society coding consensus opinions
- Updated information pertaining to the National Oncologic PET Registry
- New coding and billing tips, grouped by body section
