Buck's 2025 HCPCS Level II - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Elsevier Inc and Jackie Koesterman, CPC

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ISBN: 9780443260711

Publication Date: 05-06-2025

Page Count: 504

Imprint: Elsevier

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Prepare your students for fast, accurate, and professional medical coding! Buck’s 2025 HCPCS Level II provides students and professionals with a guide to the latest HCPCS codes, making it easier to locate specific codes, comply with coding regulations, manage reimbursement for medical supplies, report patient data, code Medicare cases, and more. Spiral bound, this full-color reference simplifies coding with anatomy plates (including Netter’s Anatomy illustrations) and ASC (Ambulatory Surgical Center) payment and status indicators. In addition, it includes a companion website with the latest coding updates.

Key Features
- NEW! Updated HCPCS code set ensures fast and accurate coding, with the latest Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes to comply with current HCPCS standards
- Current Dental Terminology (CDT) codes from the American Dental Association (ADA) offer one-step access to all dental codes
- UNIQUE! Full-color anatomy plates (including Netter’s Anatomy illustrations) enhance students’ understanding of specific coding situations by helping them understand anatomy and physiology
- Easy-to-use format optimizes reimbursement through quick, accurate, and efficient coding
- At-a-glance code listings and distinctive symbols make it easy to identify new, revised, and deleted codes
- Full-color design with color tables helps students locate and identify codes with speed and accuracy
- Special coverage alerts indicate codes that have special instructions, are not valid or covered by Medicare, or may be paid at the carrier’s discretion
- Jurisdiction symbols show the appropriate contractor to be billed when submitting claims to Medicare carriers and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs)
- Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) payment and status indicators show which codes are payable in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System to ensure accurate reporting and appropriate reimbursement
- Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) indicators address reimbursement for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies
- 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
- Age/sex edits identify codes for use only with patients of a specific age or sex.
- Quantity symbol indicates the maximum allowable units per day per patient in physician and outpatient hospital settings, as listed in the Medically Unlikely Edits (MUEs) for enhanced accuracy on claims
- The American Hospital Association Coding Clinic^® for HCPCS citations provide a reference point for information about specific codes and their usage
- Physician Quality Reporting System icon identifies codes that are specific to PQRS measures
Contents

Introduction
Guide to Using the 2025 HCPCS Level II Codes
Symbols and Conventions
2025 HCPCS Updates
Anatomy Illustrations
2025 Index
2025 Table of Drugs
2025 HCPCS Level II Modifiers
2025 HCPCS Level II National Codes
Appendix A: Jurisdiction List for DMEPOS HCPCS Codes
Appendix B: General Correct Coding Policies for National Correct Coding Initiative Policy Manual for Medicare Services
Authors

Elsevier Inc and Jackie Koesterman, CPC, Coding and Reimbursement Specialist, JDK Medical Coding EDU, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
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