Good article from Medical Economics summarizing the changes for this year...some of the key changes are outlined in this article...BD
There are 242 new CPT codes and 54 deleted codes. But what's noteworthy for the coming year is that there are 305 revised codes—about four times as many as in 2007. Many of the revisions stem from changes in the list of codes that are exempt from modifier –51, which indicates that you did more than one non-E&M procedure during a single session. It's attached to the secondary, or lesser valued procedure, for which insurers typically reduce the fee.
Three new telephone codes (99441-99443) are for physicians to use to report E&M services provided by phone at the request of established patients. But they can't be used if the doctor sees the patient within 24 hours or the call refers to an E&M visit within the previous seven days. The new online E&M code (99444) is intended to report a physician's Internet response to an established patient's online inquiry. These services should be documented in the medical record.
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