CPT coding is fairly easy in terms of supplies or procedures. For example the nebulizer treatment is coded as 94640. However, coding is a lot trickier when it comes down to evaluation and ...

For CPT codes 45383-45385, only one code should be assigned even if multiple lesions or polyps are treated with the same technique. Example: The gastroenterologist used hot biopsy forceps technique to ...

Along with a new year, January 1 will usher in watershed changes to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) “Current Procedure Terminology (CPT®) Evaluation and Management (E/M) Office or Other ...

Per the CPT guidelines, coders should report the code closest to the actual time (i.e., 16-37 minutes for 90832 and 90833, 38-52 minutes for 90834 and 90836, and 53 or more minutes for 90837 and ...

New Codes The 2020 CPT update includes six new codes for reporting online digital evaluation services, or e-visits, the AMA said. These codes cover patient-initiated digital communications with a ...

Often, a physician will decide to perform a subchondroplasty during arthroscopic joint surgery to treat subchondral bone defects (microfractures).