AMA Updates CPT Category III
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- August 13, 2010
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Medical billing and coding staff should note that the American Medical Association (AMA) recently made additional updates to CPT® Category III codes, including the list of short and medium descriptors.
The short descriptors are:
0234T TRLUML PRPH ATHRC RNL ART
0235T TRLUML PRPH ATHRC VISC ART
0236T TRLUML PRPH ATHRC ABDL AORTA
0237T TRLUML PRPH ATHRC BRCHCPHLC
0238T TRLUML PRPH ATHRC ILIAC ART
0239T BIOIMPD SPECT 100 FRQ/>
0240T ESPHGL MTLTY STD 3D TPGRPHY
0241T ESPHGL MTLTY STD STIMJ/PRFUJ
0242T GI TRNST PRS MEAS WRLS CAPSL
0243T INTMT MEAS WHZ RATE W/I&R
0244T CONT MEAS WHZ RATE W/I&R
0245T TREAT RIB FX INT FIXJ 1-2
0246T TREAT RIB FX INT FIXJ 3-4
0247T TREAT RIB FX INT FIXJ 5-6
0248T TREAT RIB FX INT FIXJ 7/>
0249T LIG HMRHDL VASC BNDL US GID
0250T AIRWY SIZNG & INSJ BRNCL VLV
0251T BRNCHSC W/RMVL BRNCL VLV
0252T BRNCHSC W/RMVL BRNCL VLV
0253T INSERT ANT SEGMENT DRAIN INT
0254T EVASC RPR ILC ART BFRC
0255T EVASC RPR ILC ART BFRC RS&I
0256T IMPLTJ A-HRT VLV EVASC APPR
0257T IMPLTJ A-HRT VLV OPN APPR
0258T CATHDLVR AORTC VLV RPLC
0259T CATHDLVR AORTC VLV RPLC
0260T HYPTHRM BDY NEONATE 28D/<
0261T HYPTHRM HEAD NEONATE 28D/<
Links to these changes and the full and medim descriptors are on the CPT® Category III Codes page on AMA website.
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