2014.01.17
Ms. Marie Mindeman
Director, CPT Coding and Regulatory Affairs
American Medical Association
330 N. Wabash Ave. Suite 39300
Chicago, IL 60611
The email address to use is the following:
ccpsubmit@ama-assn.org
A sample letter is the following:
(The writer should identify his/her background as physician, patient, parent, etc.)
Dear Ms. Mindeman:
I appreciate the AMA’s willingness to consider the request for addition of codes for
treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1 using electrosurgery for the high quantity
destruction and/or excision of cutaneous and/or subcutaneous tumors in the
application being submitted by Dr. Lawrence Taylor that will be discussed at the
May/2014 Editorial Panel meeting.
Treatment of neurofibromatosis patients using the electrosurgical procedure
developed by Dr. Hubert Weinberg, allows for efficient, cost effective, high quantity
tumor destruction and/or excision of neurofibromas. This procedure results in
significant reduction in tumor load, with proven highly satisfactory patient outcomes
including significant physical and psychosocial benefits.
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I urge the Editorial Panel to consider adding a new CPT code(s) in the #6479X
series, which will clearly distinguish this code from code #64792 and which may
attract more surgeons to learn and perform this procedure, especially in tertiary
care centers with neurofibromatosis clinics.
Sincerely,
XXX