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CPT® 2013:

92982 Swaps Places With 92920 on January 1 -- Plus 12 Other Changes You Need to Know

Published on Mon Oct 08, 2012

Procedure during AMI? Soon you'll have a code for that.Before you know it, you'll have double the codes to choose from for coronary revascularization. The changes, effective Jan. 1, 2013, aren't final until later in the fall, so there could be some last minute updates. But now is a good time to start discussing with physicians the specific, detailed information you'll need to properly report these new 2013 coronary codes, says Christina Neighbors, MA, CPC, CCC, ACS-CA, charge capture reconciliation specialist and coder at St. Joseph Heart & Vascular Center in Tacoma, Wash.Your Last 92982 Claim Is Right Around the CornerAs part of revamping the codes for coronary services, CPT® will delete six familiar codes for stents, angioplasty, and atherectomy:92980-92981, Transcatheter placement of an intracoronary stent(s), percutaneous, with or without other therapeutic intervention, any method ... 92982, 92984, Percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty ... 92995-92996, Percutaneous transluminal coronary atherectomy, by [...]
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