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HealthExec June 30, 2023
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is slated to roll out nearly 400 new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes this coming fall, according to a June 16 announcement.
The upcoming changes include a total of 395 new codes, 25 deletions and 13 revisions. Additionally, hundreds of changes have been made to the tabular instructions for the fiscal year 2024.
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the impending changes:
Of the 395 new codes, 123 pertain to the external causes of morbidity chapter of the ICD-10-CM manual, with many of those specific to documenting accidents and injuries.
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