Cardiology Coding Alert
Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound Screening May Appear in CPT® in January
New options are in the works for transcatheter infusion and Cat. III, too.
You learned about potential CPT® 2016 codes in “Prepare for These 7 Possible Cardiology-Related Changes” in last month’s issue. The May meeting of the CPT® Editorial Panel added a few more prospective codes to the list.
Remember: The updates below are not yet official or final. They reflect decisions noted in the May 2015 CPT® Editorial Summaries of Panel Actions, but changes are possible before the code set becomes official in the fall.
Abdominal aorta screening: The Editorial Panel accepted the addition of a 767XX code that’s specific to abdominal aortic ultrasound screening.
Transcatheter infusion: It looks like non-thrombolysis transcatheter infusion therapy codes 37202 (Transcatheter therapy, infusion other than for thrombolysis, any type [e.g., spasmolytic, vasoconstrictive]) and 75896 (Transcatheter therapy, infusion, other than for thrombolysis, radiological supervision and interpretation) are on the chopping block with deletion likely for 2016.
Category III: Ten new Cat. III codes related to cardiac contractility for modulation of heart rhythm and contractions look set to appear. And you’re likely to see another Cat. III code added to report a test for measurement of sPLA2-IIA protein for the purpose of assessing cardiovascular risk.
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