tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 38
CPT® 2016: Rev Up Your General Surgery Coding for Next Year
Anticipate changes for cholangiography and biliary drainage. Ignorance isn’t bliss if you’re trying to capture appropriate pay for your surgeons’ work, so let us take you on a whirlwind tour of what you can expect from 2016 code changes for your general surgery practice. With nearly 50 code additions, deletions, and revisions that your surgeon is likely to use, you can’t afford to wait until January to get familiar with the CPT® update. Count Biopsies for Mediastinoscopy Beginning January 1, you should no longer report mediastinoscopy with biopsy using 39400 (Mediastinoscopy, includes biopsy(ies), when performed), because...
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