The American Medical Association (AMA) released the November 2023 CPT® Assistant. The issue starts with an in-depth look at 2024 codes and guidelines for training caregivers when the patient isn’t present. You get clinical examples and procedure descriptions, too.
To find this article and others from Volume 33, Issue 11, subscribers to Code Connect — Codify by AAPC’s CPT® Assistant search add-on — can check for these topics and codes when they log in:
- Administration of RSV immunoglobulin: 96380, 96381
- Auditory osseointegrated device: 92622, 92623
- Caregiver training, without the patient: 97550-97552
- Pharmaco-oncologic algorithmic treatment ranking: 0794T
- Suprachoroidal injection, pharmacologic agent: 67516
The November issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics and codes:
- Cardiovascular system:
- Coronary atherectomy, stenting: 92933, 92934
- PTFE dialysis graft: 36830, 22
- Recanalization, angioplasty: 37248
- Digestive system:
- Nasojejeunal tube: 43752, 44799
- Evaluation and management:
- Inpatient neonatal, directing, resuscitation: 99465
- Office and other outpatient, medical decision making, surgical risk factors
- Online digital, proctoring over-the-counter test: 99442
- Radiology, diagnostic ultrasound:
- Transvaginal, transabdominal: 76830, 76856, 76857
- Respiratory system:
- Laryngoscopy, dilation, initial, subsequent: 31528, 31529
- Urinary system:
- Uroflowmetry, catheter: 51736, 51741