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CPT® 2012:

Refine Your Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery Reporting With Key Code Expansions

Published on Sun Nov 27, 2011

Give up diagnostic thoracoscopy code 32602 in favor of newbies 32607-32609.Remember to check for deleted codes when preparing to use your CPT® 2012 manual, not just new codes and revised descriptors. Next year's set of procedure codes will include fresh additions for coding some common medicine/pulmonary procedures. Concurrently, you will be missing the resistance to airflow determination code, as well as a few other familiar pulmonary procedures.Gauge Potential Opportunities With Brand New Medicine CodesYou and your pulmonologists should pay special attention to the following new codes under the medicine/pulmonary section of CPT® 2012 manual:94726 -- Plethysmography for determination of lung volumes and, when performed, airway resistance94727 -- Gas dilution or washout for determination of lung volumes and, when performed, distribution of ventilation and closing volumes94728 -- Airway resistance by impulse oscillometry+94729 -- Diffusing capacity (e.g., carbon monoxide, membrane) (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)94780 -- Car seat/bed [...]
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