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tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2021 Issue Q1
Reader Questions: Understand 99072 Opportunities and Limits
Question: We’ve heard there’s a new CPT® code for reporting additional practice expenses during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) — what does it include, and how and when can we use it? New Hampshire Subscriber Answer: You are correct about the new CPT® code, 99072 (Additional supplies, materials, and clinical staff time over and above those usually included in an office visit or other nonfacility service(s), when performed during a Public Health Emergency, as defined by law, due to respiratory-transmitted infectious disease). The AMA created the code “in response to the significant additional practice expenses...
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