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Follow the AMA's +51797 Resequencing Trail

Published on Fri Nov 27, 2009

Question: I just got my 2010 CPT Manual and I'm noticing some codes have a # mark next to them. What does that mark mean? New York Subscriber Answer: The pound symbol (#) or hash mark is a new marking in the 2010 CPT manuals that warns you that a code is out of order. This year, rather than moving groups of codes to new sections and completely renumbering existing codes, the AMA opted to add the # designation. "Resequencing makes a lot of sense to avoid renumbering the codes," explained William T. Thorwarth, Jr., MD, in "CPT 2010 Overview" at the CPT and RBRVS 2010 Annual Symposium's opening session in Chicago. The AMA also has a new method of relocating an existing out of order code. Rather than deleting the code and creating a new number, the AMA will move the code to its more appropriate location and leave [...]
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