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2000年6月1日 · In 1997, CPT Codes introduced a new code for this procedure: CPT 93508 (catheter placement in coronary artery[s], arterial coronary conduit[s], and/or venous coronary bypass graft(s) for coronary angiography without concomitant left heart catheterization).
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2022年7月1日 · Report 93452 when coronary angiography is not performed during the left heart cath. When coronary angiography is performed during left heart catheterization, use 93458. Look to code 93459 when coronary and bypass graft angiography are performed. All three codes include left ventriculography (LVG), when performed.
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2010年10月1日 · This is my first coding experience with this procedure. Please help. Notes are below. Procedure(s): Coronary Angiography ps/ao/cor vent/atrial Coronaries NO V-Gram Indications: Chest Pain Diagnostic Technique: After obtaining informed consent, the Right Groin wasa anesthetized using Lidocaine 2%.
CPT® Code 93458 - Cardiac Catheterization and Associated
The first procedure was billed with 93458.26.59, 92928.RC (3-stents placed in RC), 92978.26.RC, Medicare paid all three CPT. The patient returned to her room and then went into cardiac arrest and emer... [ Read More ]
CPT® Code 93454 - Cardiac Catheterization and Associated
I am fairly new to Cardiovascular coding. Procedure reads in short, coronary angiography and left heart catheterization w/o ventriculography. Which do I code? 93454 or 93452. 93452 states left ventr... [ Read More ]
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Any non-coronary stents should be coded 37205 (transcatheter placement of an intravascular stent[s] [non-coronary vessel], percutaneous; initial vessel) for the first vessel and 37206 (each additional vessel [list sep-arately in addition to code for primary procedure]). The corresponding radiology supervision code is 75960 both for initial and ...
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2014年3月7日 · Diagnostic Coronary Angiogram Pre-Procedure Diagnosis: dizziness with + carotid duplex, angina with positive Nuclear stress Post-Procedure Diagnosis: Left internal carotid stenosis, CAD Procedure performed: Selective angiography of Left Main coronary artery Selective angiography of right...
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2001年10月1日 · Because ultrasound is a similar diagnostic tool some coders confuse 93571-93572 with 92978 (intravascular ultrasound [coronary vessel or graft] during diagnostic evaluation and/or therapeutic intervention including imaging supervision interpretation and report; initial vessel [list separately in addition to code for primary procedure]) and ...
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2010年10月18日 · 93545 -- Injection procedure during cardiac catheterization; for selective coronary angiography (injection of radiopaque material may be by hand) 93556-26 -- Imaging supervision and report for injection procedure(s) during cardiac catheterization; pulmonary angiography, aortography, and/or selective coronary angiography including venous bypass ...
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2020年8月3日 · The coronary artery modifiers listed in NCCI manual Chapter I, Section E, enable you to bypass NCCI procedure-to-procedure (PTP) edits. Suppose we change the example above to angioplasty (92920) in the left anterior descending coronary artery and atherectomy with stenting (92933) in the right coronary artery.