Cardiology Coding Alert
Describe Intracardiac Echo With Heart Cath
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Cardiology Coding Alert
- Holter Monitors:
93224-93227 Take on Extra Jobs in 2011 to Make Up for Code Deletions
12, 24, and 48 hour services all have roles in this coding shake-up.Cardiology codes [...] - Coming Next Month:
747.3 May Get 5th Digit Options Under ICD-9 2012
Changes to embolism coding may be on the horizon, too.CMS has posted proposed changes to [...] - Peripheral Vascular:
0234T-0238T Throw a Curveball at Your Atherectomy Claims
Assuming these codes include catheterization could cost you.You may have mastered the 2011 Category I [...] - ICD-10:
I42.- Requires More Cardiomyopathy Details Than 425.4 Does
Tip: A diagnosis that falls under an ICD-9 'other' code may have its own ICD-10 [...] - Part 2:
Coding Tool: 394.x-398.x and 424.x: Clarify the Role of 'Rheumatic'
Use this cheat sheet to aid your noncongenital valve disorder coding. - You Be the Coder:
Describe Intracardiac Echo With Heart Cath
Question: How should I code a combined right and left heart cath that included measuring [...] - Reader Question:
93619 Covers No Attempted Arrhythmia Induction
Question: Both 93619 and 93620 refer to EP evaluations with attempted induction. Which should we [...] - Reader Question:
99201-99205 Can Apply to Previous ECG Patient
Question: One of our cardiologist's saw a patient for the first time this week, but [...] - Reader Question:
Amiodarone Lands High on Table of Risk
Question: I find the medical decision making Table of Risk tricky to use. Where would [...]
