AMA CPT® Assistant - 2010 Issue 2 (February)

Reporting Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors (February 2010)

February 2010 pages 3-5 Reporting Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors Background Over the past 10 years, significant advancements have been made in the treatment of bone and soft tissue tumors. In order to provide greater granularity, consistency, and standardization when reporting the soft tissue tumor and bone tumor codes, new guidelines were introduced and extensive changes were made to the codes. The new resequencing principle is reflected in the changes to this subsection. This article will focus on the 2010 changes to this subsection and the numerous associated revisions. The benign bone tumor codes were not included in these...

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