AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 5 (May)

Surgery: Nervous System (Q&A) (May 2017)

May 2017 page 10 Surgery: Nervous System Question: The Introduction to the CPT® 2017 code set states that “a unit of time is attained when the mid-point is passed,” and that the “standards shall apply to time measurement, unless there are code or code-range–specific instructions in guidelines, parenthetical instructions, or code descriptors to the contrary.” The specific guidelines within the Spine and Spinal Cord Injection, Drainage, or Aspiration subsection explain a different type of time. Therefore, if a catheter is placed one day and removed the next calendar day, regardless of when it was removed or the...

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