How is the following scenario coded? A patient undergoes angioplasty and bare-metal stenting of a distal LC lesion through a vein graft followed by the placement of a separate drug-eluting stent in the proximal native vessel via separate access.
Can we report code 93567 for the evaluation of an aortic dissection without a cardiac catheterization?
If a temporary pacemaker (TPM) lead is inserted during a diagnostic heart cath, is it appropriate to charge for this lead placement if the patient does not leave the procedure room with it (the pacemaker lead)?
When performing diagnostic imaging, can we report codes 36215 to define catheter placement?
How is the following scenario coded? A patient has an SVG anastomosed to the LC obtuse marginal (OM). Next, this graft “jumps” to the RC posterolateral branch. Through the vein graft, the OM lesion is treated with angioplasty and bare-metal stenting, and a second lesion in the posterolateral branch of the RC is treated with angioplasty and bare-metal stenting.
Is code 92973 the appropriate code for aspiration of a thrombus within a coronary vessel?
How is the following scenario coded? A patient undergoes PTCA and bare-metal stenting of the LC OM1 via a SVG and an additional PTCA and bare metal stent of an OM2 lesion via a completely separate SVG.
Under the circumstances where more than one site in the same vessel is treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary thrombectomy (92973), can I report for each site treated?
Is the coding of a diagnostic cardiac catheterization different based on the access into the body, for example, radial versus femoral artery?
What code would I report for the destruction of neurolytic agent for peripheral nerve not defined by 64600–64681?
Can I report temporary pacing with EP studies?
Do you have tips for reporting 37247 and 37248?
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