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2013 CPT Coding:

CPT May Provide Massive Changes to E/M Notes Next Year

Published on Tue May 08, 2012

AMA offers preliminary peek at proposed 2013 codes.This year isn't even halfway over, but the CPT Editorial Committee has been reading your mind and knows which codes you're hoping to see in 2013. With the recently-posted online publication of the Committee's February meeting notes, you can see which code changes were proposed for 2013 that may apply to your pediatric practice.Keep in mind: Even though the proposed changes have been posted online, there is not yet a guarantee that these changes will be instituted in CPT 2013. As the Editorial notes indicate, "Codes are not assigned, nor exact wording finalized, until just prior to publication."Among the new proposals, you'll find that the CPT Editorial Committee is considering revisions to the neonatal and pediatric critical care guidelines to account for the intensive care physician's work "receiving a patient in transfer from a physician from another group who has been providing hospital [...]
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