Reporting New Procedures for Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (December 2023)

Why This Topic Matters

The article helps readers understand how CPT 2024 formalized reporting for HIPEC and how the updated guidance fits within broader procedure reporting. It is relevant to accurate code selection, documentation review, and alignment between operative services and chemotherapy administration reporting.

Article Sections

1. New Guidelines

   Introductory guidance describing the scope of the new HIPEC-related reporting language and the kinds of work addressed in the update.

2. Chemotherapy and Other Highly Complex Drug or Highly Complex Biologic Agent Administration

   Overview of the CPT medicine subsection where the new HIPEC-related reporting framework is placed.

3. Other Injection and Infusion Services

   Discussion of the new HIPEC add-on codes and their place within this category of administration services.

4. Intent and Use of Add-on Codes 96547 and 96548

   Background on why the HIPEC procedures were assigned dedicated Category I codes and how the update relates to broader coding structure and references.

5. Revised Code 96446

   Clarification of the revised chemotherapy administration code and its distinction from the HIPEC procedure reporting framework.

6. Clinical Example (96547)

   A procedural scenario illustrating the general clinical setting in which the first HIPEC time increment is reported.

7. Description of Procedure (96547)

   Narrative procedural workflow associated with the first HIPEC time increment in a representative operative setting.

8. Clinical Example (96548)

   A procedural scenario illustrating the general clinical setting in which additional HIPEC time is reported.

9. Description of Procedure (96548)

   Narrative procedural workflow associated with additional HIPEC time reporting in a representative operative setting.