AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 5 (May)

THEN and NOW: Drainage of Perirenal or Renal Abscess (May 2014)

May 2014 page 9 CPT Assistant THEN and NOW As medical terminology and the performance of services and procedures change, so do the associated reporting methods. In this feature, we will regularly revisit previously published articles to correct, revise, update, and/or reiterate long- standing information. Drainage of Perirenal or Renal Abscess THEN The November 1997 (p 1) and March 1998 (p 8) issues of CPT® Assistant included information about the appropriate Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes to report for percutaneous abscess drainage. Readers were instructed to report code 50021, Drainage of perirenal or renal abscess; percutaneous, to specify...

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