You are the Public Relations Director for HCB. Develop a 2-3 page “White Paper” for the new Executive Director that will assist him in gaining an understanding of the current state of commun

You are the new HIM Director in a small rural hospital. One of your responsibilities is CDM maintenance. You are surprised to learn that there is no formal process in place for chargemaster maintenance. Requests for additions are supplied by individual departments directly to IT for entry into the chargemaster. You decide to design an improved process for chargemaster maintenance.
Make a form or describe the workflow to be used when new CPT codes are introduced to ensure that all data elements required in the CDM are identified, verified, and signed off on by you and the appropriate departments for inclusion in the CDM.
Assume the codes identified below are five new/revised CPT codes for the upcoming calendar year. These will need to be included within the facility’s CDM.
For these new codes, identify which department and or medical service(s) will need to be consulted to complete your new form. (hint: look at the section/category these codes are located in within the CPT book to assist you) Identify who from that department will provide the data and how/when it will be obtained.
37252 Intravascular ultrasound (noncoronary vessel) during diagnostic evaluation and/or therapeutic intervention, including radiological supervision and interpretation; initial noncoronary vessel (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
43210 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with esophagogastric fundoplasty, partial or complete, includes duodenoscopy when performed
72081 Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); one view
77767 Remote afterloading high dose rate radionuclide skin surface brachytherapy, includes basic dosimetry, when performed; lesion diameter up to 2.0 cm or 1 channel
94640 Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction for therapeutic purposes and/or for diagnostic purposes such as sputum induction with an aerosol generator, nebulizer, metered dose inhaler or intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) device