AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 4 (April)

Changes 2007 - Pulmonary (April 2007)

April 2007 pages 3-6 Coding Communication:Changes 2007 - Pulmonary Ventilatory Management A new subsection for Ventilatory Management with four new codes has been added to the Medicine section of CPT 2007 under Pulmonary. These new codes are as follows: 94002Ventilation assist and management, initiation of pressure or volume preset ventilators for assisted or controlled breathing hospital inpatient/observation, initial day 94003hospital inpatient/observation, each subsequent day 94004nursing facility, per day 94005Home ventilator management care plan oversight of a patient (patient not present) in home, domiciliary or rest home (eg, assisted living) requiring review of status, review of laboratories and other studies...

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