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Bring your system up to speed with new Category III codes

Published on Sun Sep 06, 2009

Reimbursement might vary, but some will garner you pay. Two new Category III codes for sacroplasty went into effect July 1, but you have other Category III codes to watch for when Jan. 1 rolls around. Hone Your Intra- and Paravertebral Facet Claims With New Codes Several injection codes go live in 2010, but add them to your cheat sheets now because you won't find them in your CPT book until 2011. As a pain management coder, you should pay close attention to ten Category III codes going into effect Jan. 1, 2010, although they didn't make the printer cut-off date for inclusion in CPT 2010. Several comprise a new family of codes for posterior intrafacet implants: • 0219T -- Placement of a posterior intrafacet implant(s), unilateral or bilateral, including imaging and placement of bone graft(s) or synthetic device(s), single level; cervical • 0220T -- ... thoracic • 0221T -- ... lumbar • [...]
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