AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 5 (May)

Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration (May 2018)

May 2018 pages 3-4 Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration A number of code revisions have been made to the Hemic and Lymphatic Systems subsection of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2018 code set in response to the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale (RVS) Update Committee (RUC) Relativity Assessment Workgroup (RAW) recommendation. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requested a review of code 38221, Diagnostic bone marrow; biopsy(ies),which was identified as a code with high total expenditures and not recently reviewed. To improve accurate coding of a diagnostic bone marrow aspiration and/or biopsy, codes 38220, Diagnostic bone...

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