The American Medical Association (AMA) released the April 2025 CPT® Assistant. First up is an article on new 2025 codes for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-monitored transurethral thermal ultrasound ablation (TULSA) of prostate tissue. The issue also provides clinical examples to help you understand several Category III codes added in 2025.
To find all the articles from Volume 35, Issue 4, subscribers to Code Connect — Codify by AAPC’s CPT® Assistant search add-on — can check for these topics and codes when they log in:
- Cardiac magnetic resonance absolute quantitation of myocardial blood flow: 0899T, 0900T
- Long-term left atrial pressure monitoring: 0933T, 0934T
- Normothermic liver perfusion services, allograft: 0894T-0896T
- Transurethral ultrasound ablation of the prostate, MRI-guided and monitored: 51721, 55881, 55882
The April issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics and codes:
- Anesthesia:
- General anesthesia, salivary gland, diabetes: 00100, 99100, P2
- Auditory:
- Removal, pebble, external auditory canal, anesthesia: 69205
- Chiropractic manipulative treatment:
- Hand, elbow, spinal region: 98940, 98943
- Digestive system:
- Excision, hemorrhoids, fissure: 46257
- Placement, feeding tube, fluoroscopic guidance: 44500, 44799, 74340
- Evaluation and management, office:
- Ankle pain, unique test: 99213
- Rash, steroid injection: 99213, 96372, 25
- Integumentary system:
- Reconstruction, cheek defect, autologous fat: 15773
- Musculoskeletal:
- Physical medicine rehabilitation:
- Hot pack, shoulder, range-of-motion, strength, flexibility therapy: 97010, 97110