CPT® 2013:
New Edition of CPT® Adds Subtle Revisions That Could Send Your Ob-Gyn Claim in Limbo Land
Published on Thu Sep 13, 2012
New CPT® manual will feature 186 new codes and 119 deletions, AMA reveals.Although the 2013 edition of the CPT® Manual is still being printed, the Ob-gyn Coding Alert has had a sneak peek at the codes that you'll use next year -- and uncovered a new code that should help you with your urogynecology services.Among the changes effective Jan. 1, you'll find 119 deletions, 186 new codes, 263 revisions, and adjustments to 18 CPT® modifiers, the AMA announced in an Aug. 16 article published in its American Medical News.For example, you'll find a new code for a cystourethroscopy: 52287 (Cystourethroscopy, with injection[s] for chemodenervation of the bladder). Uro-gyns may perform this procedure to treat idiopathic overactive bladder with botulinum toxin that he can't treat in any other way. Currently, you have to report this with 52000 (Cystourethroscopy [separate procedure]) and 64614 (Chemodenervation of muscle[s]; extremity[s] and/or trunk muscle[s] [e.g., for dystonia, [...]
