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Cardiology Decisions gives you access to critical coding/billing guidance as it develops-24 hours a day, 7 days a week, tied into the complete CPT®, ICD-9 and HCPCS coding rules and descriptions. Your subscription to Cardiology Decisions includes:

CPT Codes

• Search the Entire CPT code set by alpha index, tabular, keyword or description of code
• Plain-English descriptions of every CPT code
• News articles from your Specialty Coder's Pink Sheet are linked to CPT codes referenced in our articles
• Add custom notes to specific codes – they'll appear every time you access that code

ICD-9 Codes

• Search the entire ICD-9 code set by alpha index or numeric code
• Comprehensive coding selection notes
• Alerts of new, revised, deleted, unspecified, non-specific, manifestation, age and sex codes
• Plain-English descriptions for every ICD-9 code
• Add custom notes to specific codes – they'll appear every time you access that code

HCPCS Codes

• Search the entire HCPCS code set by alpha index, numeric index or description
• Table of Drugs and HCPCS to NDC Crosslink
• Add custom notes to specific codes – they'll appear every time you access that code

Payment/Fee Information

• Access the Medicare fee rate, specific to your area
• Conversion factor for each CPT and HCPCS code
• Physician Fee Schedule payment rules
• National Physician Fee Schedule

News and Articles

• Online access to the current news specific to your specialty from your relevant specialty Coder's Pink Sheet
• Search the Archives of all past issues of your specialty Coder's Pink Sheet
• Mark those intriguing articles that you always need to refer to with a 'star' and they'll appear in the My Bookmarked articles part of the site.

Library

• Access to an archive of all previous issues of the specialty Coder's Pink Sheets and Physician Tip Sheets.
• You will also have access to the Public Library, which will give you access to traditional CPT, ICD-9, and HCPCS book content; CMS policies and bulletins, and other data files provided by local payers, CMS, and other vital coding resources. Here's what will be included in your Public Library:
  • Acronyms & Abbreviations that are sure to show up your physician's documentation
  • 1995 and 1997 Documentation Guidelines and a Sample Audit Tool you can use right now
  • Coding Tools That Reference Subjects you care about: Place of Service codes, UPINs and many more!
  • 1500-Billing and Payment Policy Indicators just to name a few
  • 15 different E/M Quick guides to help you select the correct E/M code
  • Fee Data to help get your claims paid
  • HCPCS Alpha Index, Table of Drugs and Crosswalk
  • HIPAA information and relevant documents
  • ICD-9-CM – Links to Appendices and Code updates