AMA CPT® Assistant - 2021 Issue 10 (October)
Auto Quantification and Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque
October 2021 pages 3-4 Auto Quantification and Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) 2021 code set, four new Category III codes (0623T-0626T) were established to report automated quantification and characterization of coronary atherosclerotic plaque. In addition, instructional and exclusionary parenthetical notes were added to related existing codes in the Diagnostic Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) subsection of the Radiology section of the CPT code set, along with guidelines related to the appropriate reporting of contrast-enhanced cardiac computed tomography (CT) and coronary CT angiography (CTA) services (75572-75574). This article provides an overview of these procedures...
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