This comprehensive resource contains the coding information needed for a general surgery specialty. Optimized for medical necessity and reimbursement understanding, this guide focuses on a subset of gastroenterological surgeries, medicine and ancillary services. CPT codes are chosen by experts who take into consideration utilization, denial risk and complexity. Features include: powerful crosswalks that identify medical necessity with CPT to ICD-10-CM crosswalks, Plain English descriptions for hundreds of general surgery codes/code groups, code-specific RVUs, official AMA CPT coding guidelines, overview of documentation requirements for ICD-10-CM general surgery diagnoses and documentation checklists for ICD-10-CM general surgery diagnoses.