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OK Ive contacted AAPC about this and am waiting for them to review everything but I wanted to throw this out there for additional help.....
In studying to sit for the CIRCC this year, Ive come across the following issue----
Unless im reading this all incorrectly (a def possibility), it seems the study guide is NOT coinciding w/the cpt book, so i need your opinion:
********for percutaneous abscess drainage:
44901= peritoneal cavity per study guide (whereas cpt book refers to 49021) AND
44901= appendix [section] per cpt book (whereas study guide refers to appendix using 49041)
47011=subdiaphragmatic or subphrenic regions per study guide (whereas cpt book refers to 49041) AND
47011=liver [section] per cpt book (whereas study guide refers to liver using 49061 below)
49021=retroperitoneum per study guide (whereas cpt book refers to 49061) AND
49021=peritoneal per cpt book (whereas study guide refers to peritoneum using 44901)
49041=appendix per study guide (whereas cpt refers to 44901) AND
49041=subdiaphragmatic or subphrenic regions per cpt book (whereas study guide refers to subdiaphr/subphren using 47011)
49061=liver per study guide (whereas liver per cpt book is 47011) AND
49061=retroperitoneal per cpt book (whereas study guide refers retroperitoneal to 49021)
...........
50021=renal or perirenal regions per study guide AND cpt =====AGREE !!!!
i thought i was confused with these codes before !!!! now for studying for test, which do i believe/trust to be true??? unless im TOTALLY off on the way im seeing/thinking about them ........id hate to get them wrong on the exam unnecessarily.....
THANK YOU !!!
In studying to sit for the CIRCC this year, Ive come across the following issue----
Unless im reading this all incorrectly (a def possibility), it seems the study guide is NOT coinciding w/the cpt book, so i need your opinion:
********for percutaneous abscess drainage:
44901= peritoneal cavity per study guide (whereas cpt book refers to 49021) AND
44901= appendix [section] per cpt book (whereas study guide refers to appendix using 49041)
47011=subdiaphragmatic or subphrenic regions per study guide (whereas cpt book refers to 49041) AND
47011=liver [section] per cpt book (whereas study guide refers to liver using 49061 below)
49021=retroperitoneum per study guide (whereas cpt book refers to 49061) AND
49021=peritoneal per cpt book (whereas study guide refers to peritoneum using 44901)
49041=appendix per study guide (whereas cpt refers to 44901) AND
49041=subdiaphragmatic or subphrenic regions per cpt book (whereas study guide refers to subdiaphr/subphren using 47011)
49061=liver per study guide (whereas liver per cpt book is 47011) AND
49061=retroperitoneal per cpt book (whereas study guide refers retroperitoneal to 49021)
...........
50021=renal or perirenal regions per study guide AND cpt =====AGREE !!!!
i thought i was confused with these codes before !!!! now for studying for test, which do i believe/trust to be true??? unless im TOTALLY off on the way im seeing/thinking about them ........id hate to get them wrong on the exam unnecessarily.....
THANK YOU !!!