tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2001 Issue 11

New Fine Needle Aspiration, Laparoscopic Codes Top List of 2002 CPT Changes

An advance look at the 2002 CPT manual reveals several changes that should help general surgery coding and billing. The most important changes include the following: Deletion of fine needle aspiration (FNA) codes from the pathology section, and the introduction of new FNA codes in the integumentary section. Addition of several laparoscopy codes. Addition of new codes for trigger-point injections. Deletion of modifier -60 (altered surgical field). Dozens of code descriptors have been revised. Although most of the changes are cosmetic (for example, changing the word "bowel" to "intestine"), some are important clarifications that may significantly...

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