What You Should Know:
– Zebra Medical Vision announces it has received the first-ever AI CPT code for radiology, for its VCF detection from CT scans for Population Health, setting a new standard for CPT codes in imaging AI, as the company has successfully done with FDA clearances for its algorithms.
– The new CPT III code was submitted to the AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel, by the American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society, and the Association of University Radiology. The code approved by the AMA will allow clinics to code for this AI application and help them identify more patients for potential osteoporotic fractures
– Zebra Medical Vision’s FDA and CE-cleared VCF solution, which enables radiologists to diagnose vertebral fractures more confidently and quickly for increased detection of osteoporosis, would be coded under the latest approved CPT code proposal as the only FDA-cleared VCF product for AI in medical imaging on the market.
