tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 33

CPT® 2013: Ob-Gyn Coders: Consider Several Revisions to Your CPT® Manual

The few new codes will be overshadowed by verbiage changes.Although the 2013 CPT® manual doesn't include hundreds of new codes impacting ob-gyn practices, you'll be happy to see several changes that will help you submit cleaner claims going forward, experts say.For example, you'll find a new code for a cystourethroscopy: 52287 (Cystourethroscopy, with injection[s] for chemodenervation of the bladder). Uro-gyns may perform this procedure to treat idiopathic overactive bladder with botulinum toxin that he can't treat in any other way. Currently, you have to report this with 52000 (Cystourethroscopy [separate procedure]) and 64614 (Chemodenervation of muscle[s]; extremity[s]...

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