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Category II codes make use of an alphabetical character as the 5th character in the string (i.e., 4 digits followed by the letter F). These digits are not intended to reflect the placement of the code in the regular (Category I) part of the CPT codebook.
The use of Level III codes was discontinued on December 31, 2003, in order to adhere to consistent coding standards. [3]: 2 Level III codes were different from the modern CPT Category III codes, which were introduced in 2001 to code emerging technology. [4]
Why It Matters: CPT Category III codes facilitate emerging technologies' use, adoption, and potential reimbursement. The new CPT codes go into effect in the CPT codebook on January 1, 2023.
Class III – Petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) for all purposes, except for operating aircraft or for use in weapons such as flamethrowers, e.g., gasoline, fuel oil, greases, coal, and coke. (Class IIIa – aviation fuel and lubricants) Class IV – Supplies for which initial issue allowances are not prescribed by approved issue tables.
These codes are expected to be implemented on January 1, 2026. In the interim, U.S. hospitals and physicians performing Barostim procedures should continue to utilize the existing Category III codes. “We are very pleased that the AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel approved the conversion to Category I codes,” said Kevin Hykes, CEO of CVRx.
The categories of triage, in corresponding color codes, are: Category I: Used for viable victims with potentially life-threatening conditions. Category II: Used for victims with non-life-threatening injuries, but who urgently require treatment. Category III: Used for victims with minor injuries that do not require ambulance transport.
The original mammogram codes (film based mammograms) are CPT codes (77055, 77056, and 77057), so it would be easy to overlook the increasingly used digital mammogram codes that remain as HCPCS Level 2 codes if one did not know they existed (and possibly under-report mammogram statistics).
Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.