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Inside the new 2005 CPT Coding Made Easy— Still the only product where coders can get separate coding guidelines for physician services and outpatient hospital services. Space permits only a few highlights of what’s new in CPT Coding Made Easy for 2005— E&M Pediatric and Neonatal critical care—changes in the neonatal age range now make these codes consistent with ICD-9. Look for changed code descriptors and revised coding guidelines (in our Coding Notes) for both code sets. Surgery New codes for Debridement of necrotizing fasciitis and Fournier’s gangrene of the genitalia, perineum and/ or abdominal wall are diagnosis and anatomic-site specific. Learn coding guidelines specific to each code, how to report repeat debridements and additional procedures performed at the same time. At least 5 different surgical specialties perform these procedures whose incidence is increasing. New, crucially important, guidelines for coding breast biopsies, excision of breast lesions, and partial mastectomy/lumpectomy. Know what you need to look for in documentation to help you decide which code category applies. Extensive Coding Notes and examples guide you through the process. New codes for insertion of two similar, but different devices for breast brachytherapy. We give you the key information you need to distinguish between them. More new codes—for direct operative laryngoscopy for vocal cord tumors using the operating microscope or telescope. Bronchoscopy has been revised again. And new codes added. How many times can endobronchial ultrasound be coded at a given encounter? If multiple stents are placed in the trachea or bronchi, what guidelines should you follow in reporting them? And, what do you need to know to code a stent revision? Find the answers to each of these questions and more. One of the well-known features of CPT Coding Made Easy is our signature "Understanding" sections. Look for updated information for Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysms in the Understanding section on this topic as well as the new repair code for insertion of a modular bifurcated prosthesis with two docking limbs. Find new information on coding "midline" catheters, clarifying this oft-confusing issue for professional and technical services. Coding for varicose vein therapy using endovenous ablation? Codes for this treatment of incompetent veins, via radiofrequency or laser, have been added. Two codes for each method, one primary and one add-on, are explained along with key reporting guidelines to help you code accurately. Learn about the "Stretta" procedure, a new code for radiofrequency treatment of GERD, how it’s performed and reported. More new Colonoscopy codes have been added—for endoscopic ultrasound and ultrasound guided FNA. Cystourethroscopy codes 52204-52277 have been segmented and revised consistent with CPT. Learn new information about procedures such as 52250, where you’ll find an explanation of the two reasons—one diagnostic and the other therapeutic—a radioactive substance may be introduced into the bladder. The first ever, non-invasive, "tubal," is performed hysteroscopically. Understand what’s involved in this new procedure using the Essure® device. Endoscopic laser treatment for glaucoma involving ciliary body destruction now has its own code, 66711. Can you report use of the ophthalmic endoscope with this procedure? Find the answer in this year’s update. Five new codes for Flow cytometry, two technical and three professional, have been added. Clear guidelines help you report appropriately. And. . . Updated Anesthesia section guidelines for reporting conscious sedation, revisions to transcatheter stent placement and companion radiology S&I codes, the updated Medicare CCI manual, and 3 new CPT Appendices F, G, and I. Look for key conscious sedation guidelines in Appendix G along with a list of codes that now include conscious sedation. |
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