AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 8 (August)

Update on Reporting Acupuncture Procedures (August 2006)

August 2006 pages 4-5 Coding Communication:Update on Reporting Acupuncture Procedures CPT codes for acupuncture procedures were first introduced in 2004 and, in 2005, additional acupuncture codes were added to the CPT code set. These procedures continue to gain widespread use and more information has become available. As a result, further refinements have been made for CPT 2006. The following describes the latest changes that clarify the practitioner work involved in performing the services indicated with acupuncture codes 97810-97814. For 2006, two new guidelines have been added. Parenthetical statements appear in the CPT 2006 to alert users to the new...

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