CPT 2011:
99224, 99225, 99226: Get a Handle on Observation Code Changes for 2011
Published on Sun Oct 24, 2010
Heads up: You'll have new abdominal/pelvic CPT Codes to use in the new year. Have you been searching for a code to reflect the evaluation and management service your urologist performs during a subsequent visit with a patient in observation care? If so, CPT 2011 brings welcome relief in the form of 99224-99226. These codes are among a handful of new codes that could solve tricky claims you may be facing now. Be the first coder to glean what else is potentially new for your urology practice, so that you can be proficient when Jan. 1 hits. Brace For New Observation Codes One of the biggest changes for next year is that CPT adds to your E/M coding options with the introduction of three new observation codes, as follows: 99224 -- Subsequent observation care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires at least 2 of these [...]