Cardiology Question for the Week of September 2, 2024
Bryan Nordley
September 2, 2024
When do we assign code 0631T?
When do we assign code 0631T?
Why can’t we code 95180 (rapid desensitization) and chemotherapy drug administration codes together when we perform carboplatin desensitization?
What is the difference between white bagging and brown bagging regarding patient-supplied drugs?
Do we use 0493T to report transcutaneous oxyhemoglobin measurement of a lower extremity wound by near-infrared spectroscopy in 2024?
For noninvasive physiologic studies when both upper and the lower extremity arteries are studied, what codes do we report?
We have a patient who received three hours of IV hydration. During that time, the patient received two different drugs by intravenous push. Can the entire 3 hours of IV hydration be coded with the intravenous push injections?
The patient presents for a diagnostic left heart catheterization (LHC), left ventriculogram, and selective coronary angiography. The physician determines that hemodynamic assessment should be performed before and after exercise to assist in the clinical diagnosis. The patient is given a pair of 2.5-pound dumbbell weights and then asked to exercise by extending the arms and bringing the arms with the weights to their chest. The patient exercises for three to five minutes. Does this type of exercise meet the criteria for billing code 93464?
Can an IVP be coded when a stop time has not been recorded for the infusion?
If a patient has rheumatoid arthritis and comes in for a methotrexate injection, do we use the chemotherapy injection code?
When do we assign code 36221?
What CPT codes are appropriate for US of the right face to evaluate venous malformation?
A physician ordered an ultrasound study to check for abdominal ascites and asked the skin be marked if the ultrasound study is positive. The ordering physician, subsequently, did the paracentesis procedure at the bedside “without” imaging guidance based on the skin markings. How are these studies reported?
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