decisionhealth Newsletters, Coder Pink Sheets - 2012 Issue 9 (September)
CPT 2013: Prepare for new E/M series, changes to allergy testing in CPT 2013
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Article Overview
This article previews selected CPT 2013 changes with emphasis on primary care-relevant updates. It discusses broad categories of revisions across the Category I code set, including new evaluation and management service families, allergy testing changes, and cardiology updates, along with the general reasons these changes matter for coding workflows and documentation review.
Why This Topic Matters
CPT annual updates can affect how common primary care, allergy, and cardiology services are reported, so coders and clinicians need to know which areas of the code set were revised and what types of documentation may be impacted.
What You Will Learn
- Which major CPT 2013 areas received new, revised, or deleted codes
- How the article frames updates affecting primary care coding
- What broad categories of changes occurred in allergy testing and cardiology
- Why annual CPT revisions can affect documentation and code selection
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Coding auditors
- Primary care practices
- Allergy and immunology practices
- Cardiology practices
- Physician office staff
Codes Discussed
Code Ranges Discussed
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