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CPT® Coding Made Easy 2003 Q1 update!Inside this update— Again, as in past updates, you get separate coding guidelines for physician services and outpatient hospital services—still the only product on the market with this feature! Some of the many highlights to look for in the Q1 2003 version— E&M New! Pediatric critical care transport—more time-based codes! Learn when time starts and exactly when it ends. New! Pediatric and Neonatal critical care code categories. You’ll get easy to understand coding tips for using both sets of codes and learn which codes to use for billing ED physician services for a pediatric patient! Since these codes are age-specific, learn when to use each type of code based on patient age—it’s easy. Just follow our coding tips. And, Intensive LBW Services. How and when you can use these subsequent intensive care codes. Anesthesia This update explains how to use the new codes for anesthesia for nerve blocks! And, the exact way to use the revised 01996 for daily hospital pain management of epidurals. When do you use an anesthesia code followed by 01996 for daily pain management? When can you use codes 62318 and 62319 instead? Our simple examples show you how.
Surgery Many new and revised codes in this Part: Excision of benign & malignant lesions – You’ve coded by size of the lesion in the past. Now, you code based on the lesion and its margins. Learn how the excision is measured now and notice how some lesion excisions move up a notch with the new guidelines. Mohs chemosurgery – Can you code a biopsy performed in advance of Mohs surgery? Yes! Follow our coding guidelines. And, for 2003, you can code each and every specimen obtained after the first 5 at any stage! Look for important revisions in coding guidelines for the Destruction of Lesions codes (17000-17004). Trigger points – Code by anatomic structure or muscle injected, but you need to know when you can use multiple codes and when only one code is allowed. New code for ganglion cyst injections simplifies coding for these services. This update explains both. How do you code for Intramedullary nailing? We explain the new definition of open treatment of fractures to help you understand how intramedullary nailing is included in the definition, including examples of procedures where nailing is commonplace. Arthroscopy Shoulder arthroscopy – New code for rotator cuff repair is explained and includes tips that alert you to procedures that can be coded in addition. What’s a "mini-open" repair? How do you code it? You’ll learn about it in this update. Knee arthroscopy – Another new code, lateral retinacular release, explains the procedure and coding guidelines help you understand when to code an open repair instead. Pacemaker The "14 day" repositioning guideline is gone! Simply follow the new simplified coding guidelines in the update. And, use the new add-on codes for Repositioning. Learn when to use each code. New codes for biventricular pacing! We show you what to look for in documentation to make the right coding decision. CABG: Look for codes for separately reportable bypass grafts, coronary or other (e.g. lower limb) –codes 35500 & new code 35572 have been added along with coding guidelines. Endovascular Aortic and Iliac (2003) Aneurysm Repairs
Central Lines – New 2003 codes for removal of fibrin sheaths have been added. If you’ve had difficulty understanding how these procedures are performed and coded, this update explains procedural differences and shows you when to use more than 1 code to report them. Bone Marrow aspiration & biopsy coding guidelines are revised to illustrate specific Medicare CCI limitations. GI endoscopies – new tattooing and balloon dilation codes GYN Surgeries
And, Continuous nerve block infusions, radiology S&I for fibrin sheath removal/central lines, all new OB ultrasounds with guidelines, lab revisions, and allergy skin testing. Plus new modifier –63 has been added to Appendix I along with specific guidelines. ...And More!
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