CPT 2010 Update:
3 New Codes, 2 Deletions Bring Big Changes to Your Urodynamics Coding
Published on Fri Oct 16, 2009
You stand to lose 50 percent of your urodynamics reimbursement -- here's why. Urodynamics coding and reimbursement has long been a challenge for urology coders -- and your job gets even harder on Jan. 1. While CPT Codes 2010 brings a record low number of coding changes, urology coding, unfortunately, doesn't escape changes. In fact, your urodynamics coding -- and income -- will change drastically after the first of the year. Get to Know 3 New Complex Cystometrogram Codes You will have three new urodynamics codes to use starting January 1. "To reduce costs and payments, CPT combined several of the urodynamic codes into one of several new codes," says Michael A. Ferragamo, MD, FACS, clinical assistant professor of urology at the State University of New York in Stony Brook. "So doctors will not be able to bill each individual urodynamic procedure as they have in the past." "They are taking two to three [...]
