tci Part B Insider - 2011 Issue 43

Part B Coding Coach: 57283: Avoid This Code With Other Procedures Involving Enterocele Repair, CPT® Warns

Practices that perform urology procedures should pay close attention to these CPT® 2012 changes.Every year at this time, coders face the challenge of learning new codes and new regulations while also wondering what sort of financial changes the new fee schedules might bring. The good news: "There will be no new or revised CPT® changes for urology procedure coding in 2012," says Michael A. Ferragamo, MD, FACS, clinical assistant professor of urology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. "In other words, there are no changes between CPT® codes 50010 and 55980."However, if...

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