CPT^® 78414, Under Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Procedures on the Cardiovascular System

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 78414 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Procedures on the Cardiovascular System.

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In this procedure, the provider uses an appropriate device or probe to determine the blood flow in the central cardiovascular system. The provider might use a pharmacological agent to trigger blood flow to measure any change in the ejection fraction.

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Cardiology

If our physician has a mobile nuclear medicine and is leasing the equipment and performing the services at his office for stress test I was told to bill 93015 & 78452 but also to use 78414. Can someo... [ Read More ]

78452 93016

[QUOTE="Jfrank, post: 184327, member: 47858"]78452-26 Is the read of a stress, so is 93016, the difference is 93016/93018 is performed in a facility, 78452 stresses are what we bill for office stresse... [ Read More ]

78452, stress test

78452 and 93016 should be allowed. If your Medicare payer is denying - then appeal. Use the instructions in the CPT book (look at the guidelines before 78414 - where it tells you to use both code/s ... [ Read More ]

stress test/stressing me out

well the exercise stress test we do do in house and it is the 78414-TC that we are charging because we do own the equipment, and we do also do nuclear in house however we also do them at the hospital ... [ Read More ]

stress test/stressing me out

I work in a cardiology office and we do in house exercise stress test (plain treadmil) I was using 93015, and 78414-TC however insurances is not wanting to pay the 78414-TC am I using the wrong code? ... [ Read More ]

78414 78414 nuclear treadmill

My office bills 93015 and 78414-TC (the equipment is ours and in our office) for exercise treadmill test in our nuclear dept. For some reason this past mo ins in not wanting to pay for the 78414-TC, I... [ Read More ]

78414 cpt code

Is anyone else having problems with this code geting paid?... [ Read More ]

fractiona flow reserve

cardiac blood pool imaging study 78414. I would agree with your choice.... [ Read More ]

fractiona flow reserve

can someone tell me the code for ffr during a left heart cath, I code 93571 but my boss told me that is not correct it is 78414.Pls explain the difference. Thanks much.... [ Read More ]

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