CPT® 2018: Get Ready for These New 2018 CPT® Otolaryngology Codes

Why This Topic Matters

Annual CPT updates can affect documentation review, charge capture, and code set familiarity across multiple service lines. This article helps readers identify which otolaryngology, observation care, flap procedure, and imaging topics are changing for 2018 so they can review their internal workflows before implementation.

Article Sections

1. Meet the New Sinus Endoscopy Codes

   Introduces new otolaryngology coding options related to nasal and sinus endoscopic procedures and explains the general reason these additions were made.

2. Be Aware of Sinus Endoscopy Code Description Revisions

   Summarizes revisions to existing sinus endoscopy entries and notes how those changes are presented in the updated code set.

3. Stay on Top of these E/M Revisions

   Covers the observation care E/M wording update affecting discharge-related reporting language and its broader impact on outpatient status clarification.

4. Consider These New Integumentary and Auditory Codes

   Reviews additional CPT updates involving flap procedures and middle ear imaging category III entries, including one deletion related to a flap code.