The American Medical Association (AMA) released the January 2024 CPT® Assistant. The issue provides an overview of 2024 Medicare news, including hot topics like telehealth and behavioral health. The issue also dives into updated guidance for reporting unlisted codes.
To find these articles and more from Volume 34, Issue 1, subscribers to Code Connect — Codify by AAPC’s CPT® Assistant search add-on — can check for these topics and codes when they log in:
- COVID-19 vaccine: 91320
- Medicare RBRVS, 2024: 99459, G0019, G0022-G0024, G0136, G0140, G0146, G2211
- Reporting unlisted codes, 2024: 29999, 37799, 39599, 81099, 84999, 86849, 86999, 87999, 88099, 88199, 88299, 88399, 88749, 89240, 89398
- Vertebral body tethering: 22836-22838
The January issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics and codes:
- Anesthesia:
- Histotripsy: 00700, 00730
- Chemotherapy:
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: 96547, 96548
- Subcutaneous push, 10 to 20 minutes: 96401, 96402
- Dialysis:
- Prescription revision: 90960-90962
- Evaluation and management:
- Integumentary system:
- Destruction, laser, actinic keratoses: 17000, 17003
- Draining, cyst: 10060
- Excision, malignant skin lesion: 14001
- Initial treatment, partial-thickness burn: 16020
- Ophthalmology:
- Optical coherence tomography, MDM
- Pulmonary: