AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 7 (July)

Coding Update: Electrophysiological Procedure/Studies (July 2013)

July 2013 pages 7-9 Coding Update: Electrophysiological Procedure/Studies The June 2013 CPT Assistant newsletter featured an article on the electrophysiological (EP) ablation studies. Due to the significant volume of questions received through the CPT Network regarding the parenthetical instructions for the EP ablation studies, this coding update will address the appropriate reporting of these codes. Under the Intracardiac Electrophysiological Procedure/Studies subsection, several of the parenthetical notes instructing which codes may be reported in conjunction with other codes were inadvertently omitted. Subsequently, the parenthetical instructions, and the Ablation guidelines, along with one code, have all been revised to clarify the...

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