Catheter changes lead the charge. You’ll be using CPT® 2013 codes before you know it, so let our experts give you a crash course in what’s new for the coming year that might impact your
general surgery practice . Big change: “Continuing the trend to revise catheter coding (CPT® 2012 revised 36245-36248 and added 36251-36254, Selective catheter placement…), CPT® 2013 revises, adds or deletes 18 catheter-related codes,” says Marcella Bucknam, CPC, CPC-I, CCS-P, CPC-H, CCS, CPC-P, COBGC, CCC, audit manager for CHAN Healthcare in Vancouver, Wash. Check-Out This Quick-Reference Synopsis Peruse this 10-bullet summary to see what’s coming your way in CPT® 2013: · Island pedicle flap change: Expect a revision to 15740 (Flap; island pedicle requiring identification and dissection of an anatomically named axial vessel) that distinguishes the code from 14000-14302 (for adjacent area flaps without clearly defined anatomically named axial vessels). · [...]
