Cardiology Question for the Week of November 3, 2025
Bryan Nordley
November 3, 2025
Is it true that codes 92921, 92925, 92929, 92934, 92938, 92944 will no longer be effective next year?
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?
When reporting code 93503, should vascular access, catheter insertion, positioning, and removal all be separately documented, or are they included in the primary code?
What is the purpose behind codes +93571 and +93572?
Under what conditions should we not report 93566? Are there specific codes that cannot be reported with it?
How would you code for the following in a hospital setting? An interventional cardiologist places three drug-eluting stents, one in the left circumflex and another in the obtuse marginal branch. A third DES stent is deployed within the left anterior descending coronary artery.
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