AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2013 Issue 3; For Your Information

CMS implementing six Category III CPT codes

On July 1, 2013, CMS implemented in the OPPS six Category III CPT codes that the American Medical Association (AMA) released in January 2013. Four of the Category III CPT codes released are separately payable under the hospital OPPS. The released Category III CPT codes are as follows: HCPCSLong descriptor0329T Monitoring of intraocular pressure for 24 hours or longer, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report 0330T* Tear film imaging, unilateral or bilateral, with interpretation and report 0331T* Myocardial sympathetic innervation imaging, planar qualitative and quantitative assessment 0332T* Myocardial sympathetic innervation imaging, planar qualitative and quantitative assessment; with tomographic...

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