AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 4 (April)

Peripheral Vascular Changes: CPT 2012 Overview (April 2012)

April 2012 pages 3-9 Peripheral Vascular Changes: CPT 2012 Overview As a result of the American Medical Association Joint Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)/Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) Workgroup on Codes Reported Together Frequently, many changes were made for CPT 2012pertaining to the peripheral vascular diagnostic and therapeutic codes. The changes included: New selective renal artery angiography codes The deletion and addition of newly structured inferior vena cava filter procedure codes Expanded arteriovenous fistula/graft procedure guideline instruction Revised vascular injection procedures guideline instruction Additional parenthetical instruction Revised parenthetical code listings Revised descriptor language clarifying separate or inclusive radiological supervision and...

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