AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 9 (September)

Noninvasive Estimated Coronary Fractional Flow Reserve Category III Codes (September 2018)

September 2018 pages 10-11 Noninvasive Estimated Coronary Fractional Flow Reserve Category III Codes Medical science and technology is advancing by leaps and bounds. New techniques and devices that demonstrate the potential to improve existing methodologies and patient outcomes are emerging. In order to properly vet and analyze their efficacies, these new services are assigned temporary Category III codes, which allow for data collection and analysis of clinical efficacy, safety, applicability to clinical practice, and payer coverage. For 2018, four new Category III codes (0501T, 0502T, 0503T, and 0504T) were added to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set...

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