HCPCS, CPT updates and early release codes

2018 Annual HCPCS maintenance
Medicine/Professional Miscellaneous/Data Gathering Codes

Code	Change	Coverage comments	Effective date
G9868	Added	Not covered	Jan. 1, 2018
G9869	Added	Not covered	Jan. 1, 2018
G9870	Added	Not covered	Jan. 1, 2018
G9890	Deleted	Deleted Jan. 1, 2018
G9891	Deleted	Deleted Jan. 1, 2018
G9978	Added	Not covered	Jan. 1, 2018
G9979	Added	Not covered	Jan. 1, 2018

2018 early release CPT* code updates – Category III surgery/cardiovascular system arteries and veins transcatheter procedures and radiology and medicine codes

Code	Change	Coverage comments	Effective date
0505T	Added	Not covered	July 1, 2018
0506T	Added	Not covered	July 1, 2018
0507T	Added	Not covered	July 1, 2018
0508T	Added	Not covered	July 1, 2018

2018 annual CPT* maintenance – pathology and laboratory proprietary laboratory analysis codes

Code	Change	Coverage comments	Effective date
0004U	Deleted	Deleted Dec. 31, 2017
0015U	Deleted	Deleted Dec. 31, 2017

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