Cardiology Question for the Week of November 13, 2017
Is 93567 the appropriate code for the angiographic evaluation of an ascending aortic dissection without a cardiac catheterization?
Is 93567 the appropriate code for the angiographic evaluation of an ascending aortic dissection without a cardiac catheterization?
Would it be correct to charge 76882 twice for ultrasound bilateral extremity non-vascular hip, knee, and ankle for joint effusion? I have one that was charged X6.
What is the correct CPT® code for PET/CT heart for sarcoidosis using FDG?
A patient was brought to the cardiac cath lab, and only coronary bypass grafts were visualized. No native coronary arteries were injected or imaged, and no heart cath was performed. What is the appropriate CPT® procedure code to assign?
Which test and code are recommended for reporting hypo- or hyperthyroid states?
My question relates to the answer to last week’s question about assigning modifier 52 to the code for an incomplete polysomnography (PSG) with CPAP titration. To use this modifier, is there a time requirement for the CPAP?
I am looking for Medicare billing instructions for calcimimetics delivered for AKI in an ESRD facility. Do you know where this information can be found?
Are the HCPCS code descriptions available in Spanish?
What is the difference between a health plan and a payer?
We are performing intrathecal chemo administration and assigning code 96450. We are also doing fluoro for needle guidance, which would be assigned 77003. However, with the new 2017 CPT® guideline, 96450 is not a primary procedure code to 77003. How should we bill for the fluoro guidance?
Do you know what the payment rate would be for CPT® codes 85025 (CBC) and 80061 (lipid panel) under the new proposed CLFS?
Would modifier 52 be appropriate when the physician orders polysomnography with CPAP titration, and during the phase of the test using the CPAP, the patient is physically unable to complete this portion of the test (e.g., adverse event)?
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