General Surgery Coding Alert
Look for More CPT 2005 Updates Next Issue!
Published on Thu Oct 28, 2004
With so much news on CPT 2005, we weren't able to pack it all in to a single issue. Look to the January 2005 General Surgery Coding Alert for more information on new and revised CPT codes, including category III codes for transcatheter placement and endovascular repairs, donor and backbench preparation procedures, wound care, and revised neonatal critical care guidelines.
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General Surgery Coding Alert
- Integumentary System:
11008: Could This Be the Mesh Removal Code You've Been Waiting For?
CPT also adds new codes for APBI catheter, debridement
Revisions to integumentary system codes 10040-19499 in [...] - Digestive System:
No More Unlisted-Procedure Codes for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Now you can also describe less-than-total colonoscopy
If you've been struggling to bill for laparoscopic "stomach [...] - You Be the Coder:
Colostomy Takedown With Re-Anastomosis
Reviewed on May 15, 2015; no changes to content Question: How should I report [...] - Cardiovascular System:
New AAA Repair Codes Top the List of Vascular Changes
You'll also have a choice of 4 ablation therapy and 2 transcather codes in 2005
You'll [...] - NCCI Update:
Reporting Guidance Procedures Just Got Tougher
Edits close the door on 76003 and 76942 with dozens of codes The latest National [...] - CMS Revises Mastectomy and Sentinel Node Biopsy Policy
NCCI 10.3 instructs surgeons to report 38500, 38525-38530 with 19160
If you've strictly adhered to CMS' [...] - Reader Question:
Time, Documentation Critical to 99291 Payment
Question: In the afternoon, our surgeon saw a patient for 30 minutes on the hospital [...] - Look for More CPT 2005 Updates Next Issue!
With so much news on CPT 2005, we weren't able to pack it all in [...] - 4 Rules Repair Your Laceration Coding
Experts reveal when to report intermediate repair codes
If you resort to [...] - Test Your Laceration Coding Know-How
Determine how you would code these repairs
If you're unsure about how to report laceration services, [...] - You Be the Expert:
Suture Removal
Question: A patient came to have sutures removed from a superficial 1-cm laceration on his [...] - Reader Question:
Why Excisions Don't Add Up
Question: Would you please explain adding excision sizes together? If the physician excises a lesion [...]
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