Practice Management Alert
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Use This Chart to Keep Track of New Surgical Codes
Published on Tue Oct 27, 2015
The CPT® 2016 manual is full of changes to surgery coding. In fact, there are over 50 surgical code changes for your practice to keep track of next year.
Help’s here: Take a peek at this condensed list of new, revised, and deleted surgery CPT® codes in this one table; it allows you quick reference to all of the changes at your surgery practice.
(For more information on these surgical code changes, consult your CPT® 2016® manual):
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