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tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2014 Issue 1
CPT® 2014: 34841-34848: Some AAA Repair s Get FEVAR Make-Over
Look for move from Category III to Category I.
You can ditch 0078T-+0081T beginning Jan. 1, 2014. That’s when CPT® 2014 unleashes eight new codes for reporting abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair using fenestrated endoprosthesis.
Your general and vascular surgeons face deleted and added codes that you need to know about to properly code these procedures. Make sure you have the chops to code fenestrated endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (FEVAR) in 2014 with the following helpful tips.
Tip 1: Forget the Outgoing Category III Codes
CPT® 2013 required separate Category III codes to report the surgical component and...
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