Cardiology Coding Alert
CPT Codes for MUGA Scans
CPT 78472 Cardiac blood pool imaging, gated equilibrium; planar, single study at rest or stress (exercise and/or pharmacologic), wall motion study plus ejection fraction, with or without additional quantitative processing
CPT 78473 multiple studies, wall motion study plus ejection fraction, at rest and stress (exercise and/or pharmacologic), with or without additional quantification
78494 Cardiac blood pool imaging, gated equilibrium, SPECT, at rest, wall motion study plus ejection fraction, with or without quantitative processing
+78496 Cardiac blood pool imaging, gated equilibrium, single study, at rest, with right ventricular ejection fraction by first pass technique (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
Cardiology Coding Alert
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Balloon Pericardiotomy
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Intravenous Lopressor
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Critical Care and Office Visit
Question: During a regularly scheduled office visit for hypertension management, an established patient was exhibiting [...] - Reader Question:
Limited Coronary Angiography
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Temporary Pacer and Stent Placement
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Unsuccessful AV Node Ablation
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