CPT® Assistant (August 2022): Clarify Coding for Goniotomy, E/M 2023, and More


Ophthalmology coders won’t want to miss the August CPT® Assistant, which features advice on when to code goniotomy procedures. And almost everyone will benefit from the 2023 evaluation and management (E/M) overview this issue includes. It is available now in our Code Connect: CPT® Assistant add-on.

To find articles from Volume 32, Issue 8, select Q3 of 2022 on the search page, and click on these topics:

  • CPT® and RBRVS 2023 annual symposium
  • E/M, 2023: 99201-99215, 99217-99226, 99231-99236, 99238, 99239, 99241-99245, 99251, 99252, 99255, 99281-99285, 99304-99310, 99315, 99316, 99318, 99324-99328, 99334-99337, 99339, 99340, 99354-99359, 99417, 99424, 99425, 99437, 99491
  • Goniotomy: 65820, 66989, 66991, 66999, 0671T
  • Modifier 93, appendix T: 90791, 93, 95
  • Proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA): 0323U-0331U

The August issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics:

  • Cardiovascular surgery, pericardial drain: 33016, 33017
  • E/M services guidelines
  • Female genital system surgery, vNOTES: 58999
  • Integumentary system surgery: 11004-11008, 11042-11047, 11900, 12001-12021, 12031-12057, 13100-13153, 15002-15005, 15271-15278, 17110, 17111, 97597, 97598
  • Nervous system surgery, needle placement localization, chemodenervation: 64611, 64612, 64615, 64616, 95873, 95874
  • Psychiatry, E/M: 90833, 90836, 90838