AMA CPT® Assistant - 2016 Issue 10 (October)

Therapeutic Injections - Application of On-Body Injector (96377) (October 2016)

October 2016 page 9 Therapeutic Injections - Application of On-Body Injector (96377) A new code (96377) has been added in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2017 code set to report the application of an on-body injector that includes the insertion of a cannula for a timed subcutaneous injection. This article discusses the intent and appropriate reporting of this service. New Code The creation of code 96377 in the Medicine/Therapeutic, Prophylactic, and Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (Excludes Chemotherapy and Other Highly Complex Drug or Highly Complex Biologic Agent Administration) subsection of the CPT code set enables health care professionals...

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