Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2022 Issue 10
CPT® Sneak Peek: Jumpstart Your 2023 Readiness With This Coding Preview
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Article Overview
This article previews major CPT 2023 changes relevant to general surgery and related specialties. It focuses on upcoming code set revisions, including broad changes to hernia repair reporting, selected evaluation and management updates, and new vascular surgery and vascular access codes. The piece is designed to help coders, billing staff, and clinical documentation teams understand what areas will change before the new year.
Why This Topic Matters
CPT updates can change how common procedures and visit services are reported, so early awareness helps practices prepare for implementation and training. This preview highlights the categories most likely to affect coding workflows in general surgery and vascular services.
Article Sections
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Prep for hernia repair overhaul
Introduces the upcoming hernia repair changes and explains that several current reporting categories will be replaced. The section frames the general shift in how these procedures will be organized for the new year.
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Expect Lots of Deleted and New Hernia Codes
Covers the hernia-related code changes and the move to a new grouping for anterior abdominal hernia reporting. The section also notes the types of distinctions used in the new framework without going into code-specific selection details.
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Look for Big E/M Changes
Summarizes planned evaluation and management updates across several service settings. It highlights descriptor revisions, deletions, and other structural changes that will affect multiple E/M code families.
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Find Vascular Surgery Changes and More
Reviews selected new vascular surgery and vascular access reporting additions. The section provides a high-level preview of the procedure areas affected by the upcoming CPT release.
What You Will Learn
- Which broad CPT 2023 areas are changing for general surgery and related services
- How hernia repair reporting is being reorganized at a category level
- Which E/M service families are expected to undergo revisions or deletions
- What types of vascular surgery and vascular access updates are included in the preview
- Which effective date applies to the discussed CPT 2023 changes
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Coding managers
- General surgery billing staff
- Vascular surgery billing staff
- Clinical documentation specialists
- Practice administrators
Codes Discussed
Code Ranges Discussed
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