The second quarter AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS shines a light on 2023 musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, and digestive system surgery CPT® codes. The issue features a quick look at lots of news, too, from National Correct Coding Initiative edits to COVID-19 vaccine codes.
To learn more about the topics in Volume 23, Number 2, subscribers to Codify by AAPC’s HCPCS Coding Clinic search tool can look up these terms:
- Category III codes, July 2023: 0791T-0810T
- COVID-19 vaccine, emergency use authorization: 0081A-0083A, 0173A, 0174A, 91300, 91305, 91307, 91308, 91312, 91315, 91317
- HCPCS Level II codes, April 2023: A2019-A2021, A4341, A4342, A4560, A4628, A6590, A6591, A7049, C1834, C9145-C9149, E0677, E0711, E1905, G2023, G2024, J0208, J0218, J0610-J0612, J0613, J1411, J1449, J1747, J1954, J2403, J9196, J9294, J9201, J9296, J9297, J9305, J9314, K1019, K1035, L8678, M0010, M1209, Q4265-Q4271, Q5108, Q5111, Q5120, Q5122, Q5127-Q5130, S9563, S9562, U0003-U0005
- NCCI edits, second quarter 2023
- PLA codes, April 2023: 0022U, 0095U, 0324U, 0325U, 0364U-0386U
- Surgery code update, musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive: 22857, 22860, 22899, 30469, 30999, 33900-33904, 35883, 36836, 36837, 43290, 43291, 0163T, 52
The Ask the Editor section of this issue discusses coding for a variety of procedures. Subscribers to our HCPCS Coding Clinic tool can find additional information by searching for these terms:
- Amputation, toe, Distal Symes: 28124, 28160, 28825, T1
- Arthroplasty, shoulder, humeral head resurfacing, inlay glenoid: 23472
- Endoscopic elastography, liver: 43242, 76981, C9768
- Endoscopic elastography, pancreas: 43237, 76981
- Endoscopic hepaticogastrostomy, stent: 43237, 47399, 47999, C1874, C1875
- Excision, intended, lipoma: 17999, 74
- Fractures repair, medial malleoli, tibial plafond: 27766, 27827
- Intravascular coronary lithotripsy: 92928, 0715T, C1761, C1874, C9600-C9608
- Laceration repair, iatrogenic, bladder: 58262, 58291, 53899
- Laceration repair, second-degree postpartum, by other physician: 59300
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