By John P. Fischer, MD, MPH, and Jason M. Weissler, MD
The American Medical Association (AMA) approved the submission of a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code, 0437T, for prophylactic mesh placement (PMP) for hernia prevention at the 2016 CPT Editorial Panel Meeting, in Philadelphia. The code is a Category III CPT code, which is a temporary code permitting data collection for PMP and will serve to characterize use of this technique in practice.
This particular Category III code was