AMA CPT® Assistant - 1993 Issue 3 (March)

Component Coding of Interventional Radiology Services: Why and How (Fall 1993)

Fall 1993 pages 11-20 Coding Commentary Component Coding of Interventional Radiology Services: Why and How [See correction/clarification] Beginning in January of 1992, complete procedure codes were deleted from the radiology section of CPT. The supervision and interpretation codes were revised and several new supervision and interpretation codes were added. Additionally, the existing procedural codes found in the remainder of CPT were augmented by several new codes for describing interventional services. Further additions and clarifications were introduced with the 1993 CPT. This article will describe the rationale for these changes and will briefly describe the principles involved in using component...

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