tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 34

Compliance:CPT Adds New Canalith Repositioning Code, Allowing You to Ditch Unlisted Code for Epley

Plus: Several new surgical codes debut, but it's which codes are missing from CPT 2009 that's got coders talking. Don't let coding the Epley procedure make you dizzy anymore. CPT 2009 lends assistance with a new code effective Jan. 1.Practices that treat patients for dizziness may perform canalith repositioning, also known as the Epley procedure. CPT never offered a code for this service before, but now provides one with 95992 (Canalith repositioning procedures [eg, Epley maneuver, Semont maneuver], per day). "There has long been a debate about whether practices should use an unlisted code or a physical therapy...

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