CPT® 2010: Major Changes for CCT
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Cardiac computed tomography (CCT) professionals will see major changes in coding next year. CPT® 2010 adds four new Category I codes to report CCT and cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) services and deletes four Category III codes.
In a statement posted on its Web site prior to the Oct. 30 release of the 2010 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) said it did not foresee significant changes in payment for CCT/CCTA. They were singing another tune Nov. 2.