The American Medical Association (AMA) released the December 2024 CPT® Assistant. The issue reveals information about the major updates to telemedicine codes and more in 2025.
To find all the articles from Volume 34, Issue 12, 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 contractility modulation-defibrillation: 0915T-0931T
- Evaluation and management, E/M, prolonged services: 99415-99417
- Iris repair: 66680, 66682, 66683
- Skin cell suspension autograft: 15011-15018
- Telemedicine, 2025: 98000-98016
The December issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics and codes:
- Cardiovascular:
- Aortic angioplasty, stenosis, congenital, coarctation: 33894, 33895, 33897
- Gastroenterology:
- Capsule, upper gastrointestinal, hemorrhage: 91299
- Integumentary:
- Regenerative peripheral nerve interface: 15769
- Musculoskeletal:
- Carpometacarpal joint arthroscopy, debridement, loose body removal: 29846
- Open iliotibial band lengthening, bursectomy: 27305
- Otorhinolaryngologic:
- Tympanometry, reflex threshold: 92550, 52
- Pathology and laboratory, microbiology:
- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, two isolates: 87186
- Radiology, diagnostic ultrasound:
- Intraoperative thoracic aorta, in addition to a therapeutic procedure: 76984
- Urinary:
- Female urethra, repair, distraction defect: 53430
As you may have come to expect, the December issue also has a Bonus Questions and Answers section:
- Chemotherapy administration
- Two doses, different areas: 96401, 96402
- E/M:
- General behavioral health integration care management, applied behavior analysis: 97151, 97152, 99484, 0362T
- Non-face-to-face, psychologists, interprofessional consultation: 99446-99449, 99451
- Musculoskeletal:
- Ankle arthroscopy, limited, extensive debridement: 29897, 29898
- Exploration, arthrodesis, different sites: 22830
- Nervous system:
- Injection of muscles innervated by facial, trigeminal, cervical spinal, and accessory nerves: 64615
- Muscle innervated by facial nerve, injected bilaterally: 64612, 64615, 50
- Psychiatry:
- Psychotherapy, E/M: 90833