AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 11 (November)

Cryoablation of Pulmonary Tumors (November 2017)

November 2017 pages 8-9 Cryoablation of Pulmonary Tumors In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2018 code set, Category III code 0340T, which described cryoablation therapy of pulmonary tumors including imaging guidance, has been deleted and replaced with new Category I code 32994. As a result of this change, code 32998 has been revised and a new instructional parenthetical note has been added following code 32994. This article provides a brief description of this change to the Surgery/Respiratory System subsection in the CPT code set. Lungs and Pleura Other Procedures 32998Ablation therapy for reduction or eradication of 1 or...

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