AMA CPT® Assistant - 2014 Issue 7 (July)

Updates to Cardiovascular Procedures/Services in Medicine (July 2014)

July 2014 page 3 Updates to Cardiovascular Procedures/Services in Medicine The Medicine/Cardiovascular section of the CPT® 2014 codebook contains codes and guidelines for nonsurgical cardiac procedures frequently performed to assess and diagnose, and to effectively treat heart and vascular problems without surgical intervention. For 2014, the Implantable and Wearable Cardiac Device Evaluations, Injection Procedures and the Cardiac Catheterization sections were updated to remain consistent with current practice. Several new codes that describe new procedures were introduced in 2014, and these new codes have affected the reporting of other services. In this article we will describe some of the changes...

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