2. "CPT copyright 2014 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association."

4.  Diagnostic Radiology ◦ Revised codes ◦ Parenthetical Notes ◦ New codes ◦ Deleted codes

5.  Revised Codes ◦ Replacing the term “films” with “Images”  Parenthetical Notes ◦ Reflect changes in codes including radiology procedures that will be bundled into surgical procedures

6.  New Diagnostic Radiology Codes for 2016 ◦ Spine  Deleted codes

7.  New Diagnostic Radiology Codes for 2016 ◦ Hip/Pelvis/Extremity  Deleted codes

8.  Remember that the unilateral hip x-rays that have been added this year will need modifiers added indicating that they are either a left or a right hip.  The RT and LT modifiers can be added to your charge master.  73501, 73502, 73503 are new unilateral hip codes.  73551 and 73552 are new for femur and will need a RT, LT and 50 modifier applied.

9.  Other Radiology Changes ◦ Deleted codes (interventional radiology)

10.  New Radiology Codes for 2016  10035/36 are placement of localization devices  47531-47544 are Digestive system interventional radiology (47500, 47505, 47510/11, 47525, 47530 have been deleted)  78265/66 are Nuclear Medicine codes ◦ Gastric emptying study (tracer methodology) ◦ Gastric emptying study multiple days

11.  Most Guidance codes are bundled into other procedures.  See codes 77001-77022   Notes in parentheses will tell you the codes that include these procedures

12.  Fluoroscopy is used for an accurate spinal puncture and injection.  You can’t charge and bill both the fluoroscopy and the spinal puncture.  You can only charge the spinal puncture (62270) ◦ 77003 Fluoroscopic guidance code states in parentheses “Injection of contrast during fluoroscopic guidance and localization is included in 62270” DO NOT USE MODIFIERS TO BYPASS EDITS

13.  Changes to Radiation Oncology  Changes to Urology stent imaging  Changes to spinal block codes  MRI codes 74712/13 are for MRI fetal including placenta

14.  Other New Codes for 2016 ◦ Not all-inclusive

15.  Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codebook Appendix B lists a summary of additions and deletions for 2016  Many vaccine codes were deleted  Your hospital must update their CPT tables  Make sure you communicate with the ancillary departments when making changes