AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 7 (July)

Category III - Part 2 of 2 (July 2007)

July 2007 pages 6-11 Coding Communication:Category III - Part 2 of 2 As discussed in Part I of this series (see the June 2007 CPT Assistant), a number of Category III codes were added for CPT 2007. This article concludes the discussion and highlights several new and emerging technologies captured in the Category III section of the CPT codebook. They include: Computer-aided detection of breast lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data using pharmacokinetic analysis (0159T) Therapeutic repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (0160T-0161T) Transmyocardial closure of ventricular septal defect, with implant (0166T-0167T) Rhinophototherapy (0168T) Stereotactic placement of intracranial infusion catheter...

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