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Don't Sweat Over Deleted Codes in PFT

Published on Mon Jan 30, 2012

Question: When I was checking out the CPT® 2012 proposed fee schedules, I was not able to find codes for complete PFT except 94060. Our pulmonologist does a lot of PFT and if the proposed fee schedule is true, we will lose a lot of revenue. Can you please help?Answer: The reason that you did not find many of the codes for a complete PFT is that these codes have changed in 2012. CPT® has come out with new set of codes that replace the old ones in 2012.Here is the list of the codes that have been deleted from 2012:94240 -- Functional residual capacity or residual volume: helium method, nitrogen open circuit method, or other method94260 -- Thoracic gas volume94350 -- Determination of maldistribution of inspired gas: multiple breath nitrogen washout curve including alveolar nitrogen or helium equilibration time94360 -- Determination of resistance to airflow, oscillatory or plethysmographic methods94370 -- Determination of airway closing volume, [...]
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