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CPT® 2018:

Update New Category III Code Options for Your Lab

Published on Thu Dec 07, 2017

See how 0500T changes HPV coding, and more. An emerging technology for cadaver donor lung perfusion may get some wind in its sails now that CPT® 2018 provides new codes for the procedure. Problem: Preserving donor lungs "on ice" restricts the donor pool and time available to transplant. Now pathologists and other clinicians may be involved in a new procedure [...]
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