AMA: 600 Procedural Code Changes for 2013

Procedural codes will change for 2013, and the American Medical Association has announced 600 alterations, including 85 new codes, 119 deleted, 263 revised and 32 resequenced, according to PRWeb.

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Big areas with changes include office or outpatient services, consultations, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine, dialysis, immunology, digestive system, musculoskeletal system, respiratory system and cardiovascular system.

Contexo Media will be hosting a conference dedicated to procedural coding changes. The workshop will provide hands-on, practical application of the 2013 changes.

The workshop will take place both in different locations and in an eLearning format and be tailored to procedural code changes that will impact a practice’s bottom line.

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