New CPT Coding for General Surgery Practice

I have been a coder for General Surgery for right around 10 years now changes are not unfamiliar to me. In 2015 we have to realize that we have new, updated and erased codes for General Surgery and this will influence our repayment on the off chance that we don't know about these progressions.

2015 New CPT Coding Changes for General Surgery Practice Effective January 1, 2015 

We have 2 erased Codes for transendoscopic stent arrangement and removal of injury:

45339 – Sigmoidoscopy, adaptable; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or different lesion(s) not managable to evacuation by hot biopsy forceps, bipolar burning or catch system) and 45345 … with transendoscopic stent arrangement (incorporates predilation).

Powerful January 1, 2015 the Flex Sigmoidoscopy methodology will have 4 Additional New Codes: 

45346 — Sigmoidoscopy, adaptable; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or different lesion(s) (incorporates pre-and post-enlargement and aide wire section, when performed) 45347 — with arrangement of endoscopic stent (incorporates pre-and post-widening and guide wire entry, when performed) 45349 — with endoscopic mucosal resection 45350 — with band ligation(s) (e.g., hemorrhoids)

Wound Therapy is likewise a piece of 2015 New CPT Coding Changes for General Surgery

97605 — Negative weight wound treatment (eg, vacuum helped waste accumulation), using sturdy therapeutic gear (DME), including topical application(s), wound evaluation, and instruction(s) for progressing consideration, per session; absolute wound(s) surface region not as much as or equivalent to 50 square centimeters 97606 — complete wound(s) surface range more prominent than 50 square centimeters 97607 — Negative weight wound treatment, (e.g., vacuum helped seepage gathering), using dispensable, non-solid restorative hardware including procurement of exudate administration gathering framework, topical application(s), wound appraisal, and guidelines for continuous consideration, per session; downright wound(s) surface region not as much as or equivalent to 50 square centimeters 97608 — all out wound(s) surface territory more prominent than 50 square centimeters.

Anoscopy Procedures 2015 New CPT Coding Changes for General Surgery 

46600 — Anoscopy; analytic, including accumulation of specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed (separate methodology) 46601 — demonstrative, with high-determination amplification (HRA) (eg, colposcope, working magnifying lens) and synthetic operators improvement, including gathering of specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed 46607 — with high-determination amplification (HRA) (eg, colposcope, working magnifying lens) and compound specialists upgrade, with biopsy, single or different.

Colonoscopy 2015 New CPT Coding Changes for General Surgery


44401 – Colonoscopy through stoma; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or different lesion(s) (incorporates pre-and post-enlargement and aide wire entry, when performed).

44402 – Colonoscopy through stoma; with transendoscopic stent situation (incorporates predilation);

*** 44402 will supplant 44397 

44408 Colonoscopy through stoma; with decompression; for pathologic enlargement (eg, volvulus, megacolon), including position of decompression tube, when performed.

Included Two Unlisted Codes 2015 New CPT Coding Changes for General Surgery

44799 (Unlisted method, small digestive tract)

45399 (Unlisted method, colon)

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References: CPT Changes 2015, CPT Code Book 201