Cardiology

We’ve heard there is a new modifier effective this year, is this true? If so what does it report?

What are the coding guidelines for new code 0715T?

Is 93575 a new code for 2023? If so, when would we report it?

What does new code 93569 detail and include?

If the physician performs injections for guidance (i.e., “road-mapping”) during coronary interventions can we report 93454?

Do you have any tips for using the JW modifier when reporting low osmolar contrast media/non-ionic contrast?

Can we assign 37765 and 37766 per stab?

When can diagnostic cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography be coded separately when performed
in conjunction with an intervention?

Is code 92973 the appropriate code for aspiration of a thrombus within a coronary vessel?

For Medicare hospital billing, if a planned PTCA is attempted but the balloon cannot be advanced across the lesion, can we bill for the attempted angioplasty?

A diagnostic cardiac catheterization is performed demonstrating two-vessel coronary disease. Due to contrast load, the procedure is staged. A lesion in the LAD is treated by a DES at the initial session and the right coronary lesion is treated at a separate encounter. Can the injection of the coronary arteries during the second encounter be coded and billed with
code 93454 (coronary angiography only)?