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Don’t Miss These New CPT® 2021 Guidelines

Question: I was looking through my CPT® 2021 coding manual and noticed some additional guidelines for the arterial grafting for coronary artery bypass codes 33533-33548. Could you please help me understand those? Alabama Subscriber Answer: Although you didn’t gain any new options in the 33533 (Coronary artery bypass, using arterial graft(s); single arterial graft)-33548 (Surgical ventricular restoration procedure, includes prosthetic [...]
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