AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 8 (August)
Optical Endomicroscopy (August 2013)
August 2013 pages 5-6 Optical Endomicroscopy For the CPT® 2013 code set, the AMA established new CPT codes to capture the work of optical endomicroscopic image interpretation and report. Two codes were created within the Surgical/Digestive System subsection and one within the Surgical Pathology subsection of the CPT code set. The January 2013 CPT Assistant introduced the new digestive system codes to report optical endomicroscopy. Codes 43206, Esophagoscopy, rigid or flexible; with optical endomicroscopy, and 43252, Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy including esophagus, stomach, and either the duodenum and/or jejunum as appropriate; with optical endomicroscopy, describe in vivo microscopic imaging to...
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