Myelography CPT Coding Updates: Effects of 4 New Codes and Unintended Consequences

F H Chokshi; R K Tu; G N Nicola; J A Hirsch

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A4666

Myelography CPT Coding Updates: Effects of 4 New Codes and Unintended Consequences

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 Jun;37(6):997-9. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4666. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

Authors

F H Chokshi¹, R K Tu², G N Nicola³, J A Hirsch⁴

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Neuroradiology (F.H.C.), Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia [email protected].
² Department of Radiology (R.K.T.), Progressive Radiology, NFPHC/United Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Radiology (R.K.T.), BridgePoint Hospital Hadley, BridgePoint Subacute and Rehabilitation Hadley, BridgePoint Hospital Capitol Hill, Washington, DC Department of Radiology (R.K.T.), George Washington University, Washington, DC.
³ Hackensack Radiology Group (G.N.N.), Hackensack University Medical Center, River Edge, New Jersey.
⁴ Neuroendovascular Division (J.A.H.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

The Current Procedural Terminology of the American Medical Association has recently introduced coding changes for myelography with the introduction of new bundled codes. The aim of this review was to help neuroradiologists understand these code changes and their unintended consequences and to discuss various scenarios in which permutations of various codes could occur in clinical practice.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

American Medical Association
Clinical Coding / methods*
Current Procedural Terminology*
Humans
Myelography / classification*
United States