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January 2010 is just round the corner. As we step into the New Year, CPT will witness a plethora of changes, so much so that you’ll have a tough time keeping pace with what’s been added, what’s been revised, what’s been deleted. You’ll also need to know all the text and guideline changes if you are to make a mark in your coding career.

As far as cardiology is concerned, the American Medical Association (AMA) has released four new Category I CPT codes to report cardiac CT (CCT) and Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) exams.

The new codes, to get going from January 1, 2010, are the result of several years of hard work put in by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT), the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) among others.

For more of such cardiology and other CPT updates, you can get hold of the CPT book, which is a treasure trove of coding know how. But you’ll do well to remember that there are many a 2010 CPT code changes which will not make it to the printed form until the year 2011.

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