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| JustCoding.com |
| March 2008 |
| 2008 CPT changes: Understand Category II additions, revisions, and deletions |
| If you haven't already, get acquainted with the 2008 Category II CPT codes. Introduced by the American Medical Asociation as supplemental tracking codes for performance measurement, these codes are optional and should never take the place of Category I codes. Shannon McCall, RHIA, CCS, CPC, instructor for HCPro's Certified Coder Boot Camp-Inpatient and Original versions explains how the use of these codes will certainly decrease the need for record abstraction and chart review, thereby minimizing administrative burdens on physicians. |
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