Radiology Question for the Week of January 1, 2018
Does the physician have to be in the room for the hospital to bill a barium swallow (74230)?
Does the physician have to be in the room for the hospital to bill a barium swallow (74230)?
Can we separately report endoscopic procedures that are performed on two regions of the respiratory system with different types of endoscopes?
Is modifier -59 (distinct procedural service) or modifier -XU (unusual non-overlapping service) better to use for a diagnostic cardiac catheterization that led to a decision to place a coronary stent at the same session?
What is the Medicare policy for packaging of laboratory tests?
How should modifier 91 be reported under the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) program?
During a recent transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR), we used three prostheses. Can we assign code 33418 plus 33419 x 2?
What are the OPPS rates for new codes 94617 and 94618 for exercise and stress testing?
If I receive a bundling message that says something is included in a service billed on the same day and I do not find evidence of this edit in the latest version update of the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI), who should I ask about this denial?
What is the appropriate CPT® code for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) internal auditory canals (IACs)?
If a drug we have used is packaged by Medicare for payment, do we have to report it on our claims?
I have a patient who received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) dual-chamber device from company A. During the defibrillation threshold testing (DFT) phase, the device would not convert the patient from ventricular fibrillation, and rescue shocks were performed. The patient returned the following day and a new ICD generator from company B was inserted. This device has a higher joule output that will allow the patient to be converted from the arrhythmia.
Can I assign the following CPT® code for an ICD generator change?
33263 Removal of implantable defibrillator pulse generator with replacement of implantable defibrillator pulse generator; dual lead system
Do you know whether the rates for Part B covered drugs have decreased or increased for 2018?
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