tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2010 Issue 11

CPT 2011: New 49418 and Related Codes Expand Your Catheter Insertion Choices

Plus: 37220-37235 add specificity to your revascularization coding.CPT 2011 is just around the corner and brings some welcome options for your general surgery practice with more than 35 new and 20 revised codes that could impact your pay. "Overall, changes demonstrate the 'coding lag' that occurs in keeping up with advances in new surgical procedures," says M. Tray Dunaway, MD, FACS, CSP, a surgeon, author, speaker and coding educator with Healthcare Value, Inc. in Camden, SC.Get explicit: By adding specificity for new procedures, CPT 2011 can help you miss the unlisted code trap for endovascular and...

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