Be aware that there’s a new icon next to some codes in the 2010 CPT manual. It’s the hash-mark symbol “#,” and it’s being used to designate code numbers that are out of numeric order – a completely new concept for the CPT code book.

It appears the American Medical Association (AMA) is unveiling a new strategy to help provide much-needed room for expansion. The association is calling it the CPT “resequencing initiative,” and explains it this way:

“Resequencing of CPT codes allows placement of related codes to an appropriate location regardless of the availability of code numbers for numerical placement. This initiative also allows the CPT code set to expand and grow as a HIPAA designated code set and demonstrates the capacity to respond to today’s health information technology (HIT) requirements.” Read the rest of this entry »