AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 3 (March)

Category III Code Updates (March 2005)

March 2005 pages 1-6 Category III Code Updates In CPT 2005, 27 Category III codes were added. Additions include the following: Percutaneous transcatheter placement of extracranial vertebral or intrathoracic carotid artery stents Ultrasound ablation of uterine leiomyomata Acoustic heart sound recording and computer analysis Computed tomographic colonography Percutaneous intradiscal annuloplasty In 2005, several former Category III codes were converted to Category I codes. This article will discuss a few additions to the Category III section in the CPT codebook. Annuloplasty Annuloplasty was developed to provide a minimally invasive solution for patients with discogenic back pain (pain produced by the...

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