Respiratory Question for the Week of February 5, 2018
What code should be assigned for the management of CPAP services?
What code should be assigned for the management of CPAP services?
How is a hospital paid for mechanical ventilation provided for inpatients?
What code would be assigned when a pulmonary stress test is used to evaluate dyspnea?
What code should be reported when an exercise test is done to diagnose bronchospasm?
Is there a CPT® code for non-invasive ventilation?
Can we separately report endoscopic procedures that are performed on two regions of the respiratory system with different types of endoscopes?
What are the OPPS rates for new codes 94617 and 94618 for exercise and stress testing?
For 2018, should we continue to use 94620 for pulmonary stress testing?
Can a biopsy code (i.e., CPT® code 31237 for nasal/sinus endoscopy) be reported with the removal nasal/sinus endoscopy code (i.e., CPT code 31255)?
Would the documentation of snoring and signs of nasal obstructions be enough reason to do a polysomnography?
In 2018, will 94620 still the code to assign for pulmonary stress testing?
If an endoscopic anterior ethmoidectomy is performed, can the diagnostic nasal endoscopy be reported separately?
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