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CPT 2011:

93563-93568 Shake Up Your Cardiac Cath Injection Coding Options in 2011

Published on Mon Oct 18, 2010

Don't miss the 'congenital' focus of 93563-93564. The countdown to 2011 has begun, so there's no time like the present to start easing your practice into the CPT Codes 2011 changes that will be in effect on the first day of the year. Start your preparations with this preview of some of the new and revised descriptors that may affect your cardiology coding. Watch for: Look to future issues of Cardiology Coding Alert to bring you details on how the AMA intends you to use these codes. We'll bring you reports straight from the AMA's CPT and RBRVS 2011 Annual Symposium. Prepare for Cardiac Cath Coding Overhaul CPT 2011 brings major code changes for cardiac catheterization codes, says Terry A. Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCS-P, CCS, CEMC, CCC, CMSCS, CMC, a healthcare coding consultant based in Laguna Beach, Calif. One aspect of that change is that many of the new injection [...]
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