The American Medical Association (AMA) released the February 2024 CPT® Assistant. The issue starts by describing new codes for respiratory syncytial virus immunization and additions to the vaccines section. The issue also explains 2024 changes to pathology and lab codes, specifically genomic sequencing procedures (GSPs) and other molecular multianalyte assays, as well as urology codes, including cystourethroscopy, radiofrequency ablation, and uroflowmetry.
To find these articles and more from Volume 34, Issue 2, subscribers to Code Connect — Codify by AAPC’s CPT® Assistant search add-on — can check for these topics and codes when they log in:
- Cystourethroscopy, mechanical dilation, drug delivery, coated balloon, transcervical fibroid ablation: 52284, 58580
- Genomic sequencing procedures, other molecular multianalyte assays, oncologic genomic sequencing, microsatellite instability, tumor mutational burden: 81445, 81449-81451, 81455-81459, 81462-81464
- Immune globulin, vaccine, respiratory syncytial virus, chikungunya virus, meningococcal pentavalent: 90380, 90381, 90589, 90623, 90679, 90683
- Uroflowmetry, multi-day, complex: 0811T, 0812T
The February issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics and codes:
- Acupuncture:
- Midpoint time rule: 97810-97814
- Diagnostic ultrasound:
- Assess gastric emptying before surgery: 76705
- Digestive system:
- Laparoscopic conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: 43644, 43645
- Ultrasound guidance, abdominal paracentesis: 49083
- Eye and ocular adnexa:
- Vitreous floater removal, vitrector: 67015
- Female genital system:
- Laparoscopy, adnexal structures, removal: 58661, 50
- Integumentary system:
- Hyaluronic acid skin-substitute: 15271
- Musculoskeletal system:
- Incision and drainage, subfascial abscess: 28002
- Nervous system:
- Saphenous nerve block, thigh: 64447, 64448
- Respiratory system:
- Thoracoscopy: 32655, 32656, 22