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CPT® 2013 Coding Strategies:

Clear the Way to Accurate Bronchial Valve Reporting With This Advice

Published on Tue Apr 30, 2013

Hint: Obtain prior authorization to avoid payer denials. To correctly report the new CPT® 2013 codes for “bronchial valve insertion and removal,” namely 31647, 31648, +31649 and +31651, focus on the number of lobes and the number of valves that were inserted or removed to understand when to apply these codes. These codes replaced the former Category III codes 0250T, [...]
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