AMA CPT® Assistant - 2019 Issue 2 (February)
Gastrostomy Tube Replacement Without Imaging or Endoscopic Guidance (February 2019)
February 2019 page 5 Gastrostomy Tube Replacement Without Imaging or Endoscopic Guidance Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 43760, Change of gastrostomy tube, percutaneous, without imaging or endoscopic guidance, was identified as potentially misvalued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through a screen for codes reported with an evaluation and management (E/M) service more than 50% of the time. Code 43760 was also identified by the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale (RVS) Update Committee (RUC) as a service surveyed by one specialty, but now performed by another specialty, specifically emergency medicine. In addition...
To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to the AMA CPT® Assistant.
Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.