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New CPT Code Updates 2009

2010 Revised ICD9 UpdatesLooking for the 2010 New, Revised and Invalid ICD-9 codes taking effect October 1, 2009?
Get them here.

The AMA recently released the 2009 CPT Code Updates which become effective Jan 1.

New CPT Code Updates 2009

Contains over 290 New Codes, as compared to just over 240 codes in 2008. There are 17 code additions to the E /M section, 36 additions to the Surgery section, and 67 new codes in the Medicine Section.

  • Over 290 New Codes, as compared to over 240 for 2008.
  • Of the New codes for 2009, 17 are in the Evaluation and Management Section, 36 are in the Surgery Section, and 67 are in the Medicine Section.
  • The Medicine Section was dominated by new codes in the sub-sections of Dialysis and Cardiovascular.
  • The Evaluation and Management Section added new codes in the sub-sections of Newborn Care Services , Inpatient Neonatal Intensive Care Services , and Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Services.

You can download the new codes now, for a nominal fee, directly from the AMA Website by clicking here:

https://catalog.ama-assn.org/Catalog/cpt/cpt_home.jsp



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