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Wiki Code 01.26

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Leily911

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What kind of CPT code is 01.26?? It's an insertion of catheter, but I can't locate it in the CPT book. Any ideas??
 
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Wow.. no i didn't know there was such a thing. I did a search on google and got ICD-9 Procedure as well , but thought it was incorrect information! I am coding for a surgeon and not a facility... this code was the best match for the procedure performed. Is there an equivilant CPT code for this procedure??
 
Walker22 said:
It's an ICD-9 procedure code. I bet you didn't know there was such a thing, did you? It's an old antiquated system. It's mainly used in facility billing nowadays. Here's a link to a searchable database..

http://icd9cm.chrisendres.com/index.php?action=procslist
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It is not so antiquated as you make it seem it is just used for inpatient procedures only. It will be replace when ICD-10 comes out with ICD-10 PCS which will also be inpatient only.
 
To outpatient coders I'm sure the system does seem antiquated. It is, to some extent, hence our need for conversion to I-10.

Regardless, it is the bread and butter for IP, facility coding.
 
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