The first quarter AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS offers helpful comparisons between the CPT® 2021 and 2022 integumentary and musculoskeletal sections. (Why is CPT® in a HCPCS publication? Remember, CPT® is technically HCPCS Level I.) The issue also provides information about many other updates in the For Your Information section.
To read about these topics and codes in Volume 22, Number 1, look up these terms in our HCPCS Coding Clinic search tool:
- COVID-19 vaccine, third dose, pediatric: 91307, 0073A
- CPT® category III, vaccine codes: 0714T-0737T
- CPT® update, 2022, integumentary, musculoskeletal: 11981, 17999, 21310, 21315, 21320, 22600, 22614, 22633
- Destruction, tissue removal: 0581T, 36478, 43278, 44365, 44366, 44369, 52214, 52354, 52355, 52601, 58661, 58670, 62280, 64625, 64635
- Device offset from payment, update: 22558, 22586, C1831
- HCPCS Level II codes, discontinued: C9081-C9083, C9752, C9753, G0424, J2505
- HCPCS Level II codes, January 2022: 94625, 94626, A9595, C1832, C1833, C9085-C9089, G0424, J0172, J1952, J2506, J9021, J9061, J9272, Q2055, Q4199
- NCCI policy manual, radiology: 73020, 73030, 76000, 76376, 76377, 76872, 76942, 76998, 77002, 77003, 77065-77067, 77261-77334, 77336, 77427, 77431, 77750-77790, 78451-78454, 78459, 78472, 78473, 78491, 78492, 78608, 78811-78816, A9526, A9552, A9555, GG, XU
- Remdesivir, HCPCS Level II: J0248
- Skin substitute codes, January 2022: A2001, A2002, A2004-A2010
The Ask the Editor section of this issue offers tips with a surgery focus. Search for answers using these terms in our HCPCS Coding Clinic tool:
- Ablation osteoplasty reinforcement internal fixation: 27299, C1713, C1769
- Cholecystectomy, laparoscopic, fluorescence: 47563, C9776
- Excision, integumentary, musculoskeletal: 11606
- Tracheal stenosis, bronchoscopy, treatment: 31630, 31641
- Vaginal cuff dehiscence, laparoscopic repair: 58999