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Editors note (2007): For current changes, see: http://www.instacode.com/news-2007-changes.htm
July 15, 2000
Announcing Coding Changes for 2001
It's that time of year again - anticipated changes for coding professionals have been released.
- CPT has more than 600 changes
- ICD-9 has more than 250 changes
- HCPCS changes have not been announced
ICD-9-CM changes have been released. Because there were no changes last year because of Y2K concerns, they are making up for it with hundreds of changes for 2001. There are over 100 new codes for 2001 and over 150 other changes, revisions, additions or deletions.
Please note that for HCFA, these changes are effective on October 1, 2000 with an implementation grace period until December 31, 2000.
Check our lists below to see if codes that you use might be on the deletion list. If they are on this list, there is most likely a new code that has been assigned. **These are not complete lists of all changes.** There are over 150 other changes which may affect the codes that you are currently using.
Stay Compliant
With all these changes, staying compliant is more important than ever. To assist you, we are taking advance orders for 2001 versions of books and software starting in August 2000.
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Deleted ICD-9-CM Codes for 2001
The following list of ICD-9-CM deleted codes sheds some light on a few of the changes that will be effective October 1, 2000.
Deleted codes for 2001 - Alphabetic |
Deleted codes for 2001 - Numeric |
| 790.0 |
Abnormality of red blood cells |
| 783.2 |
Abnormal loss of weight |
| 494 |
Bronchiectasis |
| 294.1 |
Dementia in conditions classified elsewhere |
| E885 |
Fall on same level from slipping, tripping, or
stumbling |
| V67.0 |
Follow-up examination following surgery |
| 600 |
Hyperplasia of prostate |
| V26.2 |
Investigation and testing |
| 783.4 |
Lack of expected normal physiological development |
| V71.8 |
Observation for other specified suspected conditions |
| V77.9 |
Other and unspecified endocrine, nutritional,
metabolic, and immunity disorders screening examination |
| 372.8 |
Other disorders of conjunctiva |
| V76.8 |
Other neoplasm screening examination |
| V49.8 |
Other specified problems influencing health status |
| 781.9 |
Other symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal
systems |
| V15.0 |
Personal history of allergy, other than to medicinal
agents |
| 645.0x |
Prolonged pregnancy |
| V82.8 |
Special screening for other specified conditions |
| 707.1 |
Ulcer of lower limbs, except decubitus |
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| 294.1 |
Dementia in conditions classified
elsewhere |
| 372.8 |
Other disorders of conjunctiva |
| 494 |
Bronchiectasis |
| 600 |
Hyperplasia of prostate |
| 645.0x |
Prolonged pregnancy |
| 707.1 |
Ulcer of lower limbs, except decubitus |
| 781.9 |
Other symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal
systems |
| 783.2 |
Abnormal loss of weight |
| 783.4 |
Lack of expected normal physiological development |
| 790.0 |
Abnormality of red blood cells |
| V15.0 |
Personal history of allergy, other than to medicinal
agents |
| V26.2 |
Investigation and testing |
| V49.8 |
Other specified problems influencing health status |
| V67.0 |
Follow-up examination following surgery |
| V71.8 |
Observation for other specified suspected conditions |
| V76.8 |
Other neoplasm screening examination |
| V77.9 |
Other and unspecified endocrine, nutritional,
metabolic, and immunity disorders screening examination |
| V82.8 |
Special screening for other specified conditions |
| E885 |
Fall on same level from slipping, tripping, or
stumbling |
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Deleted CPT Codes for 2001
The following is a list of codes that have been deleted from CPT for the year 2001. Just like the ICD-9-CM codes , check our list to see if codes that you use might be on the deletion list below. If they are on this list, there is most likely a new code that has been assigned. This is not an exhaustive list of all changes or additions. There may be other codes or modifications which may be of interest to you.
| Deleted CPT Codes for 2001 - Numeric only |
| 00900 |
Anesthesia for
procedures on perineal integumentary system (including biopsy of male genital system); not
otherwise specified |
| 01784 |
Anesthesia for repair of
arterio-venous (A-V) fistula, congenital or acquired |
| 52335 |
Cystourethroscopy, with
ureteroscopy and/or pyeloscopy (includes dilation of the ureter and/or pyeloureteral
junction by any method) |
| 52336 |
Cystourethroscopy, with
ureteroscopy and/or pyeloscopy (includes dilation of the ureter and/or pyeloureteral
junction by any method); with removal or manipulation of calculus (ureteral
catheterization is included) |
| 52337 |
Cystourethroscopy, with
ureteroscopy and/or pyeloscopy (includes dilation of the ureter and/or pyeloureteral
junction by any method); with lithotripsy (ureteral catheterization is included) |
| 52338 |
Cystourethroscopy, with
ureteroscopy and/or pyeloscopy (includes dilation of the ureter and/or pyeloureteral
junction by any method); with biopsy and/or fulguration of lesion |
| 52339 |
Cystourethroscopy, with
ureteroscopy and/or pyeloscopy (includes dilation of the ureter and/or pyeloureteral
junction by any method); with resection of tumor |
| 52340 |
Cystourethroscopy with incision,
fulguration, or resection of congenital posterior urethral valves, or congenital
obstructive hypertrophic mucosal folds |
| 70541 |
Magnetic resonance angiography,
head and/or neck, with or without contrast material(s) |
| 71036 |
Needle biopsy of intrathoracic
lesion, including follow-up films, fluoroscopic localization
only, radiological supervision and interpretation |
| 76365 |
Computerized tomography guidance
for cyst aspiration, radiological supervision and interpretation |
| 76934 |
Ultrasonic guidance for
thoracentesis or abdominal paracentesis, radiological supervision and interpretation |
| 76938 |
Ultrasonic guidance for cyst
(any location) or renal pelvis aspiration, radiological supervision and interpretation |
| 76960 |
Ultrasonic guidance for
placement of radiation therapy fields, except for B-scan echography |
| 82251 |
Bilirubin; total AND direct |
| 87060 |
Culture, bacterial, definitive;
throat or nose |
| 87072 |
Culture or direct bacterial
identification method, each organism, by commercial kit, any source except urine |
| 87082 |
Culture, presumptive, pathogenic
organisms, screening only, by commercial kit (specify type); for single organisms |
| 87083 |
Culture, presumptive, pathogenic
organisms, screening only, by commercial kit (specify type); multiple organisms |
| 87085 |
Culture, presumptive, pathogenic
organisms, screening only, by commercial kit (specify type); with colony count |
| 87087 |
Culture, bacterial, urine;
commercial kit |
| 87117 |
Culture, tubercle or other
acid-fast bacilli (eg, TB, AFB, mycobacteria); concentration plus isolation |
| 87145 |
Culture, typing; phage method |
| 87151 |
Culture, typing; serologic
method, speciation |
| 87155 |
Culture, typing; precipitin
method, grouping, per antiserum |
| 87163 |
Culture, any source, additional
identification methods required (use in addition to primary culture code) |
| 87174 |
Endotoxin, bacterial (pyrogens);
chemical |
| 87175 |
Endotoxin, bacterial (pyrogens);
biological assay (eg, Limulus lysate) |
| 87192 |
Sensitivity studies, antibiotic;
fungi, each drug |
| 87208 |
Smear, primary source, with
interpretation; direct or concentrated, dry, for ova and parasites |
| 87211 |
Smear, primary source, with
interpretation; wet and dry mount, for ova and parasites |
| 97770 |
Development of cognitive skills
to improve attention, memory, problem solving, includes compensatory training and/or
sensory integrative activities, direct (one on one) patient contact by the provider, each
15 minutes |
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