Cardiology Question for the Week of December 1, 2025
Bryan Nordley
December 1, 2025
For 2026, can we report code 92920 more than once even if more than one angioplasty is completed?
For 2026, can we report code 92920 more than once even if more than one angioplasty is completed?
When do we report code C9600 in 2026?
What codes do we report if a lesion within the LAD is treated with angioplasty, and the first and second diagonal branches are also treated with angioplasty?
When do we report the new 2026 code 92930?
Is it true that codes 92921, 92925, 92929, 92934, 92938, 92944 will no longer be effective next year?
When do we report 92920 as opposed to 92921?
Is code 93567 to be coded only for aortic root or ascending aortic imaging?
If a patient is brought to the cardiac cath lab and only bypass grafts were visualized (for example, SVG to the right coronary artery (RCA), and SVG to the circumflex) with no native coronary arteries being injected or imaged, what is the appropriate CPT procedure to code/charge?
What documentation criteria must be met for billing CPT codes 93451, 93456, 93457, 93530 (right heart catheterization) and CPT codes 93454, 93455, 93456, 93457, 93563, 93564 (coronary arteriography) separately from a PVL service?
Can we code 93590 and 93591 separately for the same encounter? Are there specific codes that cannot be assigned when reporting these?
What is a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)?
What is an IABP, and why is it used?
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