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Groups — Oncology
The ACOA 1-Minute Update inadvertently linked to last month's Coding
Minute. Here is the link to November ACOA
Coding Minute.
Medical Oncology Code Changes
ACOA Coding Minute
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Another New
Year, but not a lot of changes to CPT procedure codes for
oncologists this time. Following are the CPT 2005 coding changes,
but remember that the CPT Manual has more information than the codes
themselves! There are ‘parenthetical notes’ that accompany many
procedure codes and provide information on how the code is intended
to be used, what is included in the service, etc. New Category III
procedure codes include: |
| 0082T |
Stereotactic
body radiation therapy, treatment delivery, one or more treatment
areas, per day |
| 0083T |
Stereotactic
body radiation therapy, treatment management, per day |
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addition to new codes for 2005, the following codes have altered
descriptors and will now read: |
| 77418 |
Intensity
modulated treatment delivery, single or multiple fields/arcs, via
narrow spatially and temporally modulated beams, binary, dynamic MLC,
per treatment session
(Remember
that code 0073T was released by the AMA on July 1, 2004, to describe
compensator-based IMRT treatment delivery.) |
| 77750 |
Infusion
or instillation of radioelement solution (includes three months
follow-up care) |
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The therapeutic nuclear medicine section
of the CPT Manual has undergone major changes, with codes deleted,
revised and the addition of new codes that describe technique (e.g.,
oral administration) rather than anatomic area. Of significance is
the deletion of code 79900
[provision of therapeutic radiopharmaceutical(s)].
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Cindy
C. Parman, CPC, CPC-H
principal and co-founder of Coding Strategies, Inc. in Atlanta, GA. Cindy
is a current member of the Advisory Board for the American Academy of
Professional Coders (AAPC) and a faculty instructor for AMA Solutions, a
subsidiary of the American Medical Association. She serves as the Consulting
Editor of the Radiology Coding Alert
and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of General Surgery Coding Alert and Pain Management Coding Alert.
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