AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 5 (May)

Reporting Structural Allograft Procedures (20932-20934) (May 2019)

May 2019 pages 7-8 Reporting Structural Allograft Procedures (20932-20934) A new series of add-on codes (20932, 20933, 20934) were established in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2019 code set to more accurately describe structural bone allograft procedures. This new family of add-on codes is unique because the parent code (20932) is also an add-on code like the child codes (20933, 20934). These three add-on codes should not be reported in conjunction with each other. To further clarify the appropriate use of these codes, several exclusionary parenthetical notes were added to restrict reporting of codes 20932-20934 with other procedures...

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