Pay-per-view: AMA updates CPT codes for new technology and drugs in 2014
APCs Insider, April 11, 2014
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While many of the code changes in the 2014 CPT® Manual surgical sections involve bundling together common procedures, the major changes in the Radiology and Laboratory sections involve updates for newly recognized technologies and drugs.
"Radiology got off a little easy this year [compared to other sections]," said Denise Williams, RN, CPC-H, senior vice president for Health Revenue Assurance Associates (HRAA), Inc., in Plantation, Fla., during the HCPro webcast "2014 CPT Code Changes Explained."
Continue reading “AMA updates CPT codes for new technology and drugs in 2014” on HCPro’s website. Subscribers to Briefings on APCs have free access to this article in the April issue.
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