HCPCS Coding Clinic (Q3 2024): Brush up on more 2024 code updates

The third quarter AHA Coding Clinic^® for HCPCS explains what’s new in 2024 in CPT^® (aka HCPCS Level I) for the cardiovascular system and medicine section. This follows the second-quarter article on musculoskeletal and respiratory system surgical coding in 2024. You’ll also get a listing of other recent code updates.

To learn more about the topics in Volume 24, Number 3, subscribers to Codify by AAPC’s HCPCS Coding Clinic search tool can look up these terms or select the year and quarter for the issue:

• Cardiovascular, medicine, 2024 code update, phrenic nerve stimulation: 33276-33281, 33287, 33288, 0424T-0436T, 93150-93153
• New CPT^® vaccine codes: 90624, 90684
• New, deleted, revised HCPCS Level II codes, July 2024

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:

• Clarification, arthroplasty, patellofemoral compartment: 27438, 27599
• Clarification, correct reporting: J0702
• Clarification, excision, spermatic cord lipoma, hernia repair: 38531, 55520, 59, XS
• Debridement, arthroscopic, knee cyclops lesion: 29875, 29884, 29999
• Mehta cast application: 29799
• Muller’s muscle-conjunctival resection, blepharoptosis: 67908, E1
• Radiofrequency ablation, lumbar, sacral: 64625, 64635, 64636, 64640, 50, LT, RT
• Tissue localization marker, application, colonoscopy: 45399, A4648

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