Tag: New CPT Codes

2025 CPT Code Updates

2025 CPT Code Updates: Key Changes in Billing and Coding Practices

Each year, updates to CPT® codes are introduced to reflect advancements in medical procedures and technologies, impacting billing and coding across multiple specialties. Effective January 1, these annual updates encompass new, revised, and deleted codes, along with updated coding guidelines. For 2025 CPT Code Updates, there are 270 new codes, 112 revised codes, and 49 […]
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Don’t Overlook These New PLA Codes

A quarterly update for the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS), issued May 4, includes nine new CPT® codes for proprietary laboratory analyses (PLAs). Medical coding and billing staff that process claims for lab testing should be aware of these codes and pricing. 9 New PLA Codes The following PLA (type of service 5) codes are […]
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CPT Codes Created for Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

The CPT code is the fifth created for providers to document and bill for the administration of COVID-19 vaccines, AMA announced. The American Medical Association (AMA) has created unique Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine and its administration. The vaccine from Novavax Inc. has yet to receive authorization for use in […]
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CPT 2020 and CPT 2021: Catch a Glimpse

A summary of the CPT® Editorial Panel’s actions during its February 2019 meeting offers us a glimpse of changes to come for the CPT 2020 and 2021. Perhaps the biggest news are approved revisions to office and outpatient E/M codes 99201-99215, scheduled for 2021 implementation, covered here. Other Approved Changes For 2021 Include: Significant revision to […]
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