AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 8 (August)
Non-Invasive Drug-Eluting Ocular Inserts (0444T, 0445T) (August 2017)
August 2017 page 7 Non-Invasive Drug-Eluting Ocular Inserts (0444T, 0445T) Advances in medical technology are constantly being made in today's fast-paced biomedical engineering fields. These advances require appropriate reporting mechanisms to provide valuable information, such as utilization trends and aggregate claims data, that can affect policies and approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Category III codes were created precisely for this reason. For 2017, two new Category III codes (0444T, 0445T) were created that describe emerging technology and services for glaucoma treatment. These new codes describe the non-invasive placement of...
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