AMA CPT® Assistant - 1991 Issue 4 (April)

Overview of Changes to Radiology Section of CPT for 1992 (Winter 1991)

Winter 1991 page 17 Overview of Changes to Radiology Section of CPT for 1992 Due to the many technological advances in the practice of radiology, the radiology section of CPT has seen dramatic changes for several years. This year, 1992, proves to be no exception. A major change in CPT 1992 is the deletion of the many "Complete Procedure" codes and addition of new surgical codes, mostly in the 36000 area. From a historical perspective, these 1992 coding changes were made to address the widely variant methods of reporting an interventional radiology procedure whether performed by a single physician...

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