tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 33

CPT® 2013: Urology Coding Changes Will Take Your Claims to A New Level

You'll have to wait until later in the year to hear about payment, however.Since urologists began using Botox to treat urinary dysfunctions, coders have been challenged to find a way to capture reimbursement for those services without a CPT® code to describe them. Good news: Starting Jan. 1, 2013 you will have a new CPT® code to report Botox bladder injections. Here's the scoop. CPT® 2013 will introduce new code 52287 (Cystourethroscopy, with injection[s] for chemodenervation of the bladder). "You will be able to use this new code for Botox injections into the bladder," says Michael A...

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