CPT 2010:
3 Updates Breathe New Life Into Your Respiratory Coding
Published on Sun Nov 08, 2009
Master 32561's guidelines to prevent a major units gaffe. Flip through the Surgery/Respiratory System section of your CPT 2010 manual, and you'll see the coding committee has been hard at work adding to and revising your options. Discover the added cath removal code, the all new fibrinolytic agent instillation code, and the reshaped bronchoscopy descriptors, so you can rest assured your coding will be ship-shape when January rolls around. Remember: CPT 2010 codes are effective Jan. 1.Reporting outdated codes will lead to denials. 1. End Your Hunt for 32550's Removal Code Match Until now, CPT has offered insertion code 32550 (Insertion of indwelling tunneled pleural catheter with cuff), but you've been left in the lurch for removal, using either an E/M or unlisted code. CPT 2010 adds new code 32552 (Removal of indwelling tunneled pleural catheter with cuff) to solve this problem, said Stephen Hoffman, MD, associate professor of clinical [...]
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