AMA CPT® Assistant - 2012 Issue 8 (August)

Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Procedures (August 2012)

August 2012 pages 6-8 Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Procedures This article addresses the changes in the 2012 Pulmonary Medicine subsection. The significant changes include: addition of new codes (94726, 94727, 94728, 94729); deletion of codes previously reported independently (93720-93722, 94240, 94260, 94350, 94360, 94370, 94720, 94725); addition of a subsection heading reflecting diagnostic testing and therapies; addition of new guideline language to more accurately reflect pulmonary testing procedures as performed in current clinical practice; addition of exclusionary parenthetical instructions and cross-references directing users to codes for various other services; and addition of time-based car seat/bed cardiac/respiratory response testing of...

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