AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 5 (May)

General Surgery Section Changes in CPT 2014 (May 2014)

May 2014 page 3 General Surgery Section Changes in CPT 2014 Notable changes were made in the Surgery section of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2014 code set. New and revised codes, guidelines, and parenthetical notes were added to guide users to the appropriate codes to report services and procedures performed. This article offers a review of these changes. Surgery: Integumentary System Fifteen new codes were created in the Surgery/Integumentary System section of the CPT 2014 code set. Code 10030, Image-guided fluid collection drainage by catheter (eg, abscess, hematoma, seroma, lymphocele, cyst), soft tissue (eg, extremity, abdominal wall...

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