AMA CPT® Assistant - 2015 Issue 8 (August)

Coding Brief: Injection of Contrast for Knee Arthrography (27370) (August 2015)

August 2015 page 6 Coding Brief: Injection of Contrast for Knee Arthrography (27370) Prior to the October 2013 CPT Editorial Panel meeting, the Relativity Assessment Workgroup of the American Medical Association/Specialty Society Relative Update Committee and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services identified CPT code 27370 as a high volume growth–service that requires a review of physician work and practice expense inputs. The involved specialty societies submitted a code-change proposal (CCP) to address the high growth of this code. The CPT Editorial Panel then approved editorial revisions to the descriptor to clarify that the correct use of code...

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