A must-have resource for CPT Professional users! This annual title, serves as a reference tool to understanding each of the CPT code changes found in CPT RM 2003. Every new, revised or deleted code change is listed along with a detailed rationale for the change. Guideline changes are also explained.

Written by the creator of the CPT(R) code set, CPT(R) Changes 2014: An Insider's View helps health care practitioners stay current on CPT changes. Organized in the same manner as the CPT codebook, this guide provides the official AMA rationales for every added, revised and deleted CPT code and guideline. This edition will provide explanation for changes in the following areas of the 2014 code set: Molecular Pathology, Digestive System, Cardiovascular System, Complex Chronic Care Coordination Services, Transitional Care Management Services and Appendix C. CPT Changes 2014: An Insider's View helps health care providers stay current on annual CPT updates. It includes information and rationale on: CPT code and guideline additionsCPT code and guideline deletionsCPT code and guideline revisions

The AMA's official and most comprehensive coding resource! Our new and improved 2003 edition offers professional coders a straightforward approach to procedural coding. Our book is the only one in the market with official CPT coding rules and guidelines developed by the CPT Editorial Panel and used to define items that are necessary to appropriately interpret and report medical procedures and services.

Easy to use, easy to read. The 2003 edition of the AMA's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT RM) official coding reference contains all CPT codes, modifiers and guidelines for 2003. Our book is the only one in the market with official CPT coding rules and guidelines developed by the CPT editorial panel and used to define items that are necessary to appropriately interpret and report medical procedures and services.The Standard Edition features an efficient two-column format and an extensive index to help locate codes by procedure, service, organ, condition, eponym and synonym, and abbreviations.

The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers is unique in providing, in one volume, an in-depth guide to each of the multiple approaches available for coding qualitative data. In total, 29 different approaches to coding are covered, ranging in complexity from beginner to advanced level and covering the full range of types of qualitative data from interview transcripts to field notes. For each approach profiled, Johnny Saldaña discusses the method’s origins in the professional literature, a description of the method, recommendations for practical applications, and a clearly illustrated example.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards provides a detailed introduction to the methods, implementations, and official standards of state-of-the-art audio coding technology. In the book, the theory and implementation of each of the basic coder building blocks is addressed. The building blocks are then fit together into a full coder and the reader is shown how to judge the performance of such a coder. Finally, the authors discuss the features, choices, and performance of the main state-of-the-art coders defined in the ISO/IEC MPEG and HDTV standards and in commercial use today. The ultimate goal of this book is to present the reader with a solid enough understanding of the major issues in the theory and implementation of perceptual audio coders that they are able to build their own simple audio codec. There is no other source available where a non-professional has access to the true secrets of audio coding.