Cardiology

If biventricular lead insertion into the coronary sinus is unsuccessful, what modifier would we use for coding 33224 and 33225 when reporting physician claims?

Code 92941 is for the treatment of a total or subtotal occlusion during an acute myocardial infarction. Is there a definition of what qualifies as a “subtotal” occlusion?

Myocardial perfusion scan code 78452 includes multiple studies. Does this have to be rest and stress? What about prone studies?

Does code 78434 require pre-authorization?

How do we bill echocardiogram with intravenous Lumason® contrast in the office?

Is there a specific CPT® code for myocardial perfusion SPECT/CT scan?

Code 92941 is for the treatment of a total or subtotal occlusion during an acute myocardial infarction. Is there a definition of what qualifies as a “subtotal” occlusion?

Can we assign 93451 when also submitting code 33289?

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

For hospital billing, does G0278 have reimbursement or an assigned APC?

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?

What verbiage do I need to see in echocardiogram reports to report 93320/93321 and 93325?