CPT® 2013: New Edition of CPT® Includes Care Coordination Codes

Why This Topic Matters

CPT annual updates can affect documentation review, charge capture, and code selection across multiple specialties. This preview highlights changes that may influence how practices track complex care, transitions of care, and certain orthopedic procedures in the upcoming code year.

Article Sections

1. CPT 2013 update overview

   Introduces the scope of the upcoming CPT edition and summarizes the broad categories of changes discussed in the article.

2. Care coordination and transitional care management

   Covers new CPT entries related to coordinated care and transitional care management in general terms, along with the settings and service themes described in the article.

3. E/M verbiage and time assignment changes

   Describes revisions to evaluation and management terminology and the addition of typical times for selected same-day observation or inpatient admission and discharge services.

4. New orthopedic codes

   Summarizes the addition of new orthopedic revision entries affecting shoulder and elbow arthroplasty topics.

5. Coming next week

   Notes that additional CPT section updates are scheduled to be covered in a later installment.