Compliance Question of the Week – Cardiology

Is it permissible to code from documentation from a consultant as long as it’s not conflicting with the attending physician’s documentation? For example, CHF is listed by the attending physician, but the cardiologist states chronic diastolic heart failure. Also, can additional diagnoses be coded from consultant documentation? We are confused if the advice in the 2016 coding clinic that addresses this applies only to pathology, radiology, and lab results, or if it encompasses all other documentation from providers involved in the patient’s care.

Code 92960 cardioversion before the EP ablation procedure, is it allowed for reimbursement, and is a separate consent for the cardioversion due to it being an elective procedure recommended?

For 2026, can we report code 92920 more than once even if more than one angioplasty is completed?

When do we report code C9600 in 2026?

What codes do we report if a lesion within the LAD is treated with angioplasty, and the first and second diagonal branches are also treated with angioplasty?

When do we report the new 2026 code 92930?

Is it true that codes 92921, 92925, 92929, 92934, 92938, 92944 will no longer be effective next year?

When do we report 92920 as opposed to 92921?

Is code 93567 to be coded only for aortic root or ascending aortic imaging?

If a patient is brought to the cardiac cath lab and only bypass grafts were visualized (for example, SVG to the right coronary artery (RCA), and SVG to the circumflex) with no native coronary arteries being injected or imaged, what is the appropriate CPT procedure to code/charge?