AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 11 (November)

Where Have All the Stars Gone? (November 2003)

November 2003 page 13 Coding Commentary:Where Have All the Stars Gone? The starred procedure designation has been deleted for CPT 2004. CPT codes that previously included a star (*) in front of the code will no longer have that star beginning in 2004. This major revision was a recommendation by the CPT-5 Project's Project Advisory Group (PAG) to the CPT Editorial Panel. The decision to eliminate the starred procedure designation was a result of the various problems associated with the starred (*) procedure concept. These problems included the implied relationship with global surgical periods (ie, the Medicare 010 or...

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