AMA CPT® Assistant - 2010 Issue 4 (April)

CT Colonography Procedures (Codes 74261-74263) (April 2010)

April 2010 page 9 CT Colonography Procedures (Codes 74261-74263) Two computed tomographic (CT) colonography Category III codes (0066T and 0067T) were converted to Category I codes (74261, 74262, and 74263) in the CPT 2010 codebook. Deleted Category III Codes (0066T and 0067T) For CPT 2010, CPT Category III codes 0066T and 0067T, which describe CT colonography, were converted to Category I codes 74261, 74262, and 74263. This article will focus on the appropriate use of the following new CT colonography codes: 74261Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, diagnostic, including image postprocessing; without contrast material 74262with contrast material(s) including non-contrast images, if...

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