AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 4 (April)

Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring (April 2020)

April 2020 pages 5-6 Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Self-measured (SM) blood pressure (BP) (SMBP) monitoring is the measurement of BP by a patient in their home or elsewhere outside of a clinical setting. According to the American Medical Association and the American Heart Association, SMBP monitoring enables physicians to diagnose and manage hypertension by helping patients take an active role in the process. The SMBP monitoring approach requires a device that has been validated for clinical accuracy. Two new codes, 99473 and 99474, were established in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2020 code set to report work and...

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