CPT Definition: Physicians’ Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®), Fourth Edition, is a listing of descriptive terms and identifying codes for reporting medical services and procedures. The purpose of CPT is to provide a uniform language that accurately describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, and thereby serves as an effective means for reliable nationwide communication among physicians, patients, and third parties.
ICD-9 Definition: The ICD9 coding system is an international classification system which groups related disease entities and procedures for the purpose of reporting statistical information. Like the CPT the purpose of the ICD9 is to provide a uniform language and thereby serve as an effective means for reliable nationwide communication among physicians, patients, and third parties.
AdvancedMD: Medical Office Software. Scheduling, Eligibility, Charge Chapture, Billing
AHRA.com:
CodeCorrect.com: Annual License for $400
CodeMap Medical Necessity Report
CodeMap® Medicare Medical Necessity Guide for Radiology Procedures: $700
HalfPenny.com: MPChecker is a medical necessity checking software tool that enables healthcare organizations to quickly and efficiently verify medical necessity for multiple departments, including lab, radiology and surgery. Web-based solution or a stand-alone system.
HealthHelp:HealthHelp’s nine evidence-based radiology benefit management programs address factors that inflate the cost of diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology—from procedure ordering to patient education.
RadCert™: Collaborative Preauthorization
RadCert™ builds physician knowledge through traditional precertification.
RadDirect™: Radiology Scheduling
RadDirect schedules services with inexpensive, accessible, and convenient in-network providers.
RadAlert™: Referral Pattern Analysis and Modification
RadAlert allows payers to monitor ordering patterns and identify providers who may need ordering behavior modification training.
MedAssets: info@medassets.com; 866-323-6332
Medlearn.com: Books on Radiology Coding
PassportHealth.com:
The Passport family of companies delivers administrative, clinical and financial tools to help health care providers get paid accurately and faster. Its health care information technology and services are used by approximately one-third of all U.S. hospitals and more than 5,000 other health care providers
