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CPT 2011:

0193T Elimination Will Revise Your SUI Coding for Next Year

Published on Sun Oct 24, 2010

Get a glimpse of the codes you'll be using in January so you can prepare now. January is just around the corner, so there's no time like the present to start easing your practice into the CPT Codes 2011 changes that will be in effect on the first day of the year. The good news is that you don't have much you'll need to change starting Jan. 1. A Category I stress incontinence (SUI) treatment code and a revised laparoscopic prostatectomy code descriptor are just two of the relatively few CPT 2011 changes your urology practice will want to get to know. Plus, watch out for 11042-11047 descriptor revisions. Scrap Category III for Payment-Friendly SUI Treatment Code CPT 2011 deletes 0193T (Transurethral, radiofrequency micro-remodeling of the female bladder neck and proximal urethra for stress urinary incontinence). Instead of 0193T, you'll find new code 53860 (Transurethral radiofrequency micro-remodeling of the female [...]
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