AMA CPT® Assistant - 2017 Issue 5 (May)

CPT 2017 Radiology Code Changes (May 2017)

May 2017 page 3 CPT 2017 Radiology Code Changes Numerous changes were made to the radiology codes in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2017 code set, including new, revised, and deleted codes, guidelines, parentheticals, and cross-references. This article outlines the changes in the radiology codes in CPT 2017. New Codes New codes were created to bundle a number of radiology code pairs identified as being performed together 75% or more of the time. The procedure codes identified for bundling in 2017 include: mammography and computer-aided detection; mechanochemical ablation and imaging guidance and monitoring; dialysis circuit procedures and imaging...

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