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Editors note (2007): For current changes, see: http://www.instacode.com/news-2007-changes.htm
September 16, 2002
Announcing Coding Changes for 2003
It's that time of year again - anticipated changes for coding professionals are being released.
- CPT has well over 400 changes
- ICD-9-CM has more than 1200 changes
- HCPCS has almost 1,000 changes
CPT has 189 New codes, 32 deleted codes and 207 revised codes (not including changes in indexing).
ICD-9-CM changes have been released. There are 238 new codes for 2003 and nearly 1000 other changes, revisions, additions or deletions.
Please note that for CMS, these changes are effective on October 1, 2002 with an implementation grace period until December 31, 2002.
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 nearly 1000 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 2003 versions of books and software starting in September 2002.
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Deleted ICD-9-CM Codes for 2003
The following list of ICD-9-CM deleted codes sheds some light on a few of the changes that will be effective October 1, 2002.
Deleted codes for 2003 - Alphabetic |
Deleted codes for 2003 - Numeric |
| 633.0 |
Abdominal pregnancy |
| 357.8 |
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis, other |
| V01.8 |
Contact with or exposure to other communicable diseases |
| 998.3 |
Disruption of operation wound |
| 633.9 |
Ectopic pregnancy, unspecified |
| 633.8 |
Ectopic pregnancy, other |
| 780.9 |
General symptoms, other |
| 771.8 |
Infection specific to the perinatal period, other |
| E999 |
Late effect of injury due to war operations |
| 359.8 |
Myopathies, other |
| 795.0 |
Nonspecific abnormal Papanicolaou smear of cervix |
| 795.3 |
Nonspecific positive culture findings |
| V54.8 |
Orthopedic aftercare, other |
| 633.2 |
Ovarian pregnancy |
| V13.2 |
Personal history of other genital system and obstetric disorders |
| 459.1 |
Postphlebitic syndrome |
| 770.8 |
Respiratory problems of fetus and newborn after birth, other |
| 779.8 |
Specified conditions originating in the perinatal period, other |
| V23.4 |
Supervision of pregnancy with other poor obstetric history |
| 633.1 |
Tubal pregnancy |
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| 357.8 |
Other chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis |
| 359.8 |
Other myopathies |
| 459.1 |
Postphlebitic syndrome |
| 633.0 |
Abdominal pregnancy |
| 633.1 |
Tubal pregnancy |
| 633.2 |
Ovarian pregnancy |
| 633.8 |
Other ectopic pregnancy |
| 633.9 |
Unspecified ectopic pregnancy |
| 770.8 |
Other respiratory problems of fetus and newborn after birth |
| 771.8 |
Other infection specific to the perinatal period |
| 779.8 |
Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period |
| 780.9 |
Other general symptoms |
| 795.0 |
Nonspecific abnormal Papanicolaou smear of cervix |
| 795.3 |
Nonspecific positive culture findings |
| 998.3 |
Disruption of operation wound |
| V01.8 |
Contact with or exposure to other communicable diseases |
| V13.2 |
Personal history of other genital system and obstetric disorders |
| V23.4 |
Supervision of pregnancy with other poor obstetric history |
| V54.8 |
Other orthopedic aftercare |
| E999 |
Late effect of injury due to war operations |
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New ICD-9-CM Code Descriptions For 2003
**These are not complete lists of all changes.** There are nearly 1000 other changes which may affect the codes that you are currently using. Our products are designed to keep you current and compliant. See our 2003 products for full information on new and deleted codes.
*This list is not complete listing of all new codes, just those that we thought would be more common or of general interest.
Some New ICD-9 Code Descriptions for 2003 |
| Atheroembolism of extremities |
| Atheroembolism of other sites |
| Combined systolic and diastolic heart failure |
| Contact with or exposure to anthrax |
| Chronic venous hypertension (idiopathic) |
| Dependence on supplemental oxygen |
| Diastolic heart failure |
| Fussy infant (baby) |
| Personal history of pre-term labor |
| Systemic inflammatory response syndrome |
| Systolic heart failure |
| Terrorism (this is a new category in the External Causes section) |
| Torus fracture |
| Toxic shock syndrome |
| Weeks of gestation {for coding short gestation} |
| West Nile fever |
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Deleted CPT Codes for 2003
The following is a list of codes that have been deleted from CPT for the year 2003. 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 2003 - Alphabetic |
Deleted CPT codes for 2003 - Numeric |
| 94665 |
Aerosol or vapor inhalations for sputum mobilization, bronchodilation, or sputum induction for diagnostic purposes; subsequent |
| 00869 |
Anesthesia for extraperitoneal procedures in lower abdomen, including urinary tract; vasectomy, unilateral/bilateral |
| 85024 |
Blood count; hemogram and platelet count, automated, and automated partial differential WBC count (CBC) |
| 85031 |
Blood count; hemogram, manual, complete CBC (RBC, WBC, Hgb, Hct, differential and indices) |
| 85023 |
Blood count; hemogram and platelet count, automated, and manual differential WBC count (CBC) |
| 85022 |
Blood count; hemogram, automated, and manual differential WBC count (CBC) |
| 85021 |
Blood count; hemogram, automated (RBC, WBC, Hgb, Hct and indices only) |
| 38231 |
Blood-derived peripheral stem cell harvesting for transplantation, per collection |
| 86915 |
Bone marrow or peripheral stem cell harvest, modification or treatment to eliminate cell type(s) (eg, T-cells, metastatic carcinoma) |
| 53670 |
Catheterization, urethra; simple |
| 53675 |
Catheterization, urethra; complicated (may include difficult removal of balloon catheter) |
| 88144 |
Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation; with manual screening and computer-assisted rescreening under physician supervision |
| 88145 |
Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation; with manual screening and computer-assisted rescreening using cell selection and review under physician supervision |
| 92525 |
Evaluation of swallowing and oral function for feeding |
| 21041 |
Excision of benign cyst or tumor of mandible; complex |
| 99508 |
Home visit for polysomnography and sleep studies |
| 94650 |
Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) treatment, air or oxygen, with or without nebulized medication; initial demonstration and/or evaluation |
| 94651 |
Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) treatment, air or oxygen, with or without nebulized medication; subsequent |
| 94652 |
Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) treatment, air or oxygen, with or without nebulized medication; newborn infants |
| 58551 |
Laparoscopy surgical; with removal of leiomyomata (single or multiple) |
| 92598 |
Modification of voice prosthetic or augmentative/alternative communication device to supplement oral speech |
| 85590 |
Platelet; manual count |
| 85585 |
Platelet; estimation on smear, only |
| 85595 |
Platelet; automated count |
| 90709 |
Rubella and mumps virus vaccine, live, for subcutaneous use |
| 99297 |
Subsequent neonatal intensive care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a critically ill though stable neonate or infant |
| 36521 |
Therapeutic apheresis; with extracorporeal affinity column adsorption and plasma reinfusion |
| 36520 |
Therapeutic apheresis; plasma and/or cell exchange |
80090 |
TORCH antibody panel |
| 44209 |
Unlisted laparoscopy procedure, intestine (except rectum) |
| 99539 |
Unlisted home visit service or procedure |
| 92599 |
Unlisted otorhinolaryngological service or procedure |
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| 00869 |
Anesthesia for extraperitoneal procedures in lower abdomen, including urinary tract; vasectomy, unilateral/bilateral |
| 21041 |
Excision of benign cyst or tumor of mandible; complex |
| 36520 |
Therapeutic apheresis; plasma and/or cell exchange |
| 36521 |
Therapeutic apheresis; with extracorporeal affinity column adsorption and plasma reinfusion |
| 38231 |
Blood-derived peripheral stem cell harvesting for transplantation, per collection |
| 44209 |
Unlisted laparoscopy procedure, intestine (except rectum) |
| 53670 |
Catheterization, urethra; simple |
| 53675 |
Catheterization, urethra; complicated (may include difficult removal of balloon catheter) |
| 58551 |
Laparoscopy surgical; with removal of leiomyomata (single or multiple) |
| 80090 |
TORCH antibody panel |
| 85021 |
Blood count; hemogram, automated (RBC, WBC, Hgb, Hct and indices only) |
| 85022 |
Blood count; hemogram, automated, and manual differential WBC count (CBC) |
| 85023 |
Blood count; hemogram and platelet count, automated, and manual differential WBC count (CBC) |
| 85024 |
Blood count; hemogram and platelet count, automated, and automated partial differential WBC count (CBC) |
| 85031 |
Blood count; hemogram, manual, complete CBC (RBC, WBC, Hgb, Hct, differential and indices) |
| 85585 |
Platelet; estimation on smear, only |
| 85590 |
Platelet; manual count |
| 85595 |
Platelet; automated count |
| 86915 |
Bone marrow or peripheral stem cell harvest, modification or treatment to eliminate cell type(s) (eg, T-cells, metastatic carcinoma) |
| 88144 |
Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation; with manual screening and computer-assisted rescreening under physician supervision |
| 88145 |
Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal (any reporting system), collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer preparation; with manual screening and computer-assisted rescreening using cell selection and review under physician supervision |
| 90709 |
Rubella and mumps virus vaccine, live, for subcutaneous use |
| 92525 |
Evaluation of swallowing and oral function for feeding |
| 92598 |
Modification of voice prosthetic or augmentative/alternative communication device to supplement oral speech |
| 92599 |
Unlisted otorhinolaryngological service or procedure |
| 94650 |
Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) treatment, air or oxygen, with or without nebulized medication; initial demonstration and/or evaluation |
| 94651 |
Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) treatment, air or oxygen, with or without nebulized medication; subsequent |
| 94652 |
Intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) treatment, air or oxygen, with or without nebulized medication; newborn infants |
| 94665 |
Aerosol or vapor inhalations for sputum mobilization, bronchodilation, or sputum induction for diagnostic purposes; subsequent |
| 99297 |
Subsequent neonatal intensive care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a critically ill though stable neonate or infant |
| 99508 |
Home visit for polysomnography and sleep studies |
| 99539 |
Unlisted home visit service or procedure |
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