CPT Changes: Look out for inpatient consult code deletions, plus many new cardiovascular codes in 2006

Why This Topic Matters

Yearly CPT updates can affect charge capture, documentation workflows, and code selection across specialties. This article highlights changes that may impact consults, nursing facility and domiciliary/rest home services, cardiovascular procedures, and imaging-related reporting.

Article Sections

1. 2006 CPT update overview

   Introduces the major categories of CPT changes discussed in the article, including imaging, cardiovascular, drug administration, and evaluation and management services.

2. New imaging and cardiovascular code activity

   Covers the addition of advanced imaging-related reporting and broader cardiovascular code updates associated with the 2006 CPT release.

3. Consult code deletions and retained consult families

   Summarizes changes affecting inpatient and confirmatory consult reporting alongside consult categories that remain in place.

4. Nursing facility and domiciliary/rest home revisions

   Describes revisions to service families for nursing facilities and domiciliary/rest home settings and the shift to expanded evaluation and management groupings.