The American Medical Association (AMA) released the September 2024 CPT® Assistant. The top article this month gives you an overview of new-for-2024 intraoperative ultrasound codes for cardiac procedures. The article takes you through the codes to help you understand the intent behind them and provides examples so you can see a typical service.
To find all the articles from Volume 34, Issue 9, subscribers to Code Connect — Codify by AAPC’s CPT® Assistant search add-on — can check for these topics and codes when they log in:
- Coding correction, integrated neurostimulator: 64597
- Diagnostic intraoperative ultrasound, cardiac: 76984, 76987-76989
- Pelvic examination: 99459
- Split, shared visits, evaluation and management
- Tobacco cessation, alcohol and substance use: 99406-99409, 25, 33, 93, 95
The September issue also includes a Questions and Answers section covering these topics and codes:
- Cardiovascular:
- Comprehensive electrophysiology, pacing and recording: 93653, 93654, 93656
- Electrocardiogram interpretation: 93010
- Technical components, rhythm monitor, physiologic data: 93296, 93297
- Diagnostic ultrasound:
- Scrotal, hernia precluded visualizing testicles: 76870
- Evaluation and management:
- Transitional care management, face-to-face visit
- Eye and ocular adnexa:
- Retinal detachment, membrane peeling: 67018
- Integumentary system:
- Excisional debridement, psoriatic plaque, foot: 11055, 11400-11471, 11600-11646