AMA CPT® Assistant - 2001 Issue 12 (December)

CPT 2002 Corrections: 76360 and 75989 (December 2001)

December 2001 page 3b Coding Update CPT 2002 Corrections: 76360 and 75989 Two revisions accomplished in 2001 were inadvertently changed back to the pre-2001 language in CPT 2002. The following are the appropriate CPT code descriptors for codes 76360 and 75989. 76360 Computerized axial tomographic guidance for needle placement (eg, biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device), radiological supervision and interpretation 75989 Radiological guidance (ie, fluroscopy, ultrasound, or computed axial tomography) for percutaneous dranage (eg, abscess, specimen collection), with placement of catheter, radiological supervisionand interpretation CPT 2002 Corrections: 76360 and 75989. CPT® Assistant. 2001; December 2001 page 3b ...

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