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CPT® 00534, Under Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 00534 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Procedures.

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The provider performs anesthesia services for a patient undergoing the procedure of transvenous cardioverter–defibrillator insertion in which another provider inserts a device, via a blood vessel in the neck, into the chambers of the heart as a treatment for irregular beating of the heart. The surgical provider’s procedure may involve replacing the pacing cardioverter–defibrillator as well.

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Electrophysiology study
Good morning, in need of ASA code for Electrophysiology study only, new ASA code crossed to 00534 or 00530, i can't use neither of the code due no pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator present. No a... [ Read More ]
2016 Anesthesia PQRS
Yes, it seems if you use registry reporting you would use 4559F & 4255F, but I haven't had chance to review any articles describing how this revised measure is reported. It seems they did away with ... [ Read More ]
CPT 33263 and 33264
The primary crosswalk for these cpt codes is 00534. There is an alternate of 00400 provided. However, there are no instructions for when to use the alternate of 00400. Does anyone have any ideas?... [ Read More ]
PQRS Measure #193
You would report G9363 as standalone G9363: Duration of monitored anesthesia care (MAC) or peripheral nerve block (PNB) without the use of general anesthesia during an applicable procedure [B][U]or g... [ Read More ]
ICD Insertion w/o Intraop Testing - cardiac cases
When I see cardiac cases I always second guess myself. Any feedback would be appreciated! Here's the brief Op Note: DESCRIPTION OF TECHNIQUE: After informed consent, the patient was taken to the OR. ... [ Read More ]
Facility Billing - I have looked in NCCI
Desperate need of assistance. I don't generally work with facility claims and I am struggling when a facility can bill for anesthesia. I have looked in NCCI and have come up with this information: An... [ Read More ]
00534 vs. 00537????
[b]00534 vs 00537[/b] This is a simple example of multiple procedures performed for which we can cross to the procedure with the highest base value. That makes this a 00537 for the EPS procedure.... [ Read More ]
00534 vs. 00537????
The CPT for insertion of a cardio-defibrillator is 33216 which crosses to 00530 or 00534. 00530 is for a pacemaker and 00534 is for c-d. If your docs are providing anesth for an electrophysiological... [ Read More ]
00534 vs. 00537????
I have pts that are receiving cardioverter-defibrillators which would be 00534, but under the code in the relative value guide it says to code 00537 for electrophysiologic studies for cardioverter-def... [ Read More ]
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