CPT® Assistant (March 2024): Learn about 2024 codes for cardio, neurostimulators, and more


The American Medical Association (AMA) released the March 2024 CPT® Assistant. First up is an article about right atrial leadless pacemaker Category III codes. But you’ll also find articles on neurostimulator programming, coronary fractional flow reserve (FFR), and psychedelic drug monitoring.

To find these articles from Volume 34, Issue 3, subscribers to Code Connect — Codify by AAPC’s CPT® Assistant search add-on — can check for these topics and codes when they log in:

  • Coronary FFR, computed tomographic angiography: 75574, 75580
  • Neurostimulator programming: 95971, 95972
  • Psychedelic drug monitoring: 0820T-0822T
  • Right atrial leadless pacemaker procedures: 0823T-0826T

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

  • Cardiovascular:
    • Coronary function testing, Doppler flow velocity, hyperemia, reactivity: 93571, 93799
  • Evaluation and management:
    • Hospital inpatient, observation, consultation: 99223, 99255
    • Office or other outpatient, tests, medical decision making: 99205
  • Female genital system:
    • Ovarian cyst aspiration, CT-guided: 10030, 10160, 49406, 58805, 58999, 77012
  • Immunization:
    • COVID-19, counseling not documented: 90480
  • Musculoskeletal system:
    • Modifier Lemaire, tenodesis: 27427, 27599
  • Nervous system:
    • Laminectomy, decompression, rhizotomy: 63047, 63185
    • Abdominal plane: 64486-64489
    • Laminoplasty, dome laminectomy: 63045, 63048, 63051
  • Respiratory system:
    • Nasal valve collapse repair, grafts: 30465, 30468