How is the following scenario coded? A patient has an SVG anastomosed to the LC obtuse marginal (OM). Next, this graft “jumps” to the RC posterolateral branch. Through the vein graft, the OM lesion is treated with angioplasty and bare metal stenting, and a second lesion in the posterolateral branch of the RC is treated with angioplasty and bare metal stenting.
If instead, selective renal angiography is performed, can I submit 36251–36254 as appropriate in addition to a cardiac catheterization procedure?
For lower extremity incompetent veins treatment services, what code would I report for the chemical ablation of incompetent extremity veins?
When coding for renal angiography, do you have any tips or guidance for reporting?
Category I coding can prove challenging for numerous coders across the nation. How to apply these codes, what codes they can be used in conjunction
What are the intentions of codes 36470 and 36471 and when should we assign one as opposed to the other?
Can you explain what new code 93319 is used for?
Our interventional cardiologist deployed a drug-eluting stent in the LAD and performed PTCA of the RCA, any advice for coding?
Do you have any tips for reporting therapeutic ultrafiltration? What code would we use?
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. Do you have any recommendations for reporting?
For IFR what is the difference for codes 93571 and 93572? What is the difference in what the codes represent?
What do left heart congenital catheterization codes (93595, 93596, 93597) include?
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