A Senate health committee has sent the AMA another letter demanding details on how it maintains and licenses the CPT code set, building on a probe launched in October.

Current Procedural Terminology, perhaps better known by its abbreviation “CPT,” is the coding system the medical field uses to document healthcare services during a procedure. This system is extensive ...

As of 2023, nearly half of U.S. hospital and health systems have at least one partnership, affiliation, or ownership interest in ASCs. Reports from industry publications indicate ASCs are becoming ...

1. There are 420 updates to the CPT code set. There are 270 new codes, 112 deletions and 38 revisions. 2. Remote therapeutic monitoring services saw revisions. Code 98975 was updated to include ...

Value-focused patient care is transforming medical practice. As rising healthcare costs in the United States challenge the widely used fee-for-service architecture, innovative, patient-centered care ...

An easy-to-code carpal tunnel release is often coded incorrectly using CPT 64721 (open approach), when the procedure was actually done endoscopically. The endoscopic approach is coded using CPT 29848.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), lashed out at the American Medical Association (AMA) on Monday, saying that the organization's ...