Cardiology Question for the Week of July 3, 2017
We treated a patient with a chronic total occlusion (CTO) and attempted to get a balloon across the occlusion. We could not cross it. For hospital billing, do we report 92943-74 or 92920-74?
We treated a patient with a chronic total occlusion (CTO) and attempted to get a balloon across the occlusion. We could not cross it. For hospital billing, do we report 92943-74 or 92920-74?
To report the PSG codes, is there a certain number of hours that sleep must be recorded?
What codes should be reported for testing blood platelets?
I have a question concerning billing of the cardiac stress test. We perform the nuclear stress test in our nuclear medicine department. A cardiologist supervises the stress exam when the patient is on the treadmill. The cardiologist reads the ECG but not the nuclear images, and the nuclear medicine physicians read the nuclear images.
The nuclear medicine department bills CPT codes 78452, 93017 and A9500. Should the cardiologist be billing codes 93016 and 93018 for the supervision of the stress test and ECG read?
Does Medicare cover prednisone under part B?
We were asked to do a tibia/fibula x-ray on an infant. Is the appropriate code 73592?
What are Medicare rules on documentation of physician-patient telephone calls?
My question is a follow-up to last week’s question and answer about Medicare’s definition of a new patient. Would a patient still be considered “new” if only a diagnostic test was performed?
What code is reported for aspiration/drainage procedures?
What is the outpatient PPS packaging threshold for this year?
Does CMS permit a hospital to bill for lab services delivered to an ESRD patient?
Can we bill for a temporary pacemaker (33210) and permanent pacemaker (33208) performed on the same day but at different sessions if modified appropriately?
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