Coding for endocrine services: using the new codes and the evocative/suppression testing protocols.
In 1994, a series of new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes for the description of services provided primarily by clinical endocrinologists were approved. Included were codes for 22 new endocrine evocative/suppression testing panels that represent the laboratory analyte portions of a series of endocrine protocols. These new codes were to be used in conjunction with another series of new codes for the physician's services, called prolonged physician services. These two new series of CPT codes are discussed in this article, and useful examples of their application, not described elsewhere to date, are provided.
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Piedmont Endocrinology & Bone Health Center, Hickory, North Carolina 28601, USA.