Lexology November 18, 2022
Last month, healthcare coders saw changes to the ICD-10-CM guidelines that included over 1,100 new diagnoses for FY2023. Further changes are expected for 2023 CPT.
The American Medical Association (AMA), and its editorial panel, have continued to pursue burden-reducing revisions to the codes and guidelines for most Evaluation and Management (E/M) services. These new modifications are intended to make coding and documentation easier for providers so they may focus on providing care to their patients. 2023 CPT will see nearly 400 editorial changes to CPT, including 225 new codes, 75 deletions, and 93 revisions.
Additionally, the 2023 CPT will have a new appendix (Appendix S – Artificial Intelligence Taxonomy for Medical Services and Procedures) which will...
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