CPT^® 92920, Under Coronary Therapeutic Services and Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 92920 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Coronary Therapeutic Services and Procedures.

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Summary

The provider inserts a balloon catheter through the skin (percutaneous approach) and guides it into the heart's arteries. The provider inflates the balloon at the narrowed area to improve blood flow. This code applies to angioplasty in one major coronary artery and/or one or more of its branches.

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jlong

The first procedure was billed with 93458.26.59, 92928.RC (3-stents placed in RC), 92978.26.RC, Medicare paid all three CPT. The patient returned to her room and then went into cardiac arrest and emer... [ Read More ]

Coding for PCI

Hi, Is it okay to claim both 929 series codes along with C codes for the same date of service . Some examples include below [LIST] [*]92920,92924,C9600 [*]92920,C9600 [*]92920,C9600,C9601 [*]92920,C9... [ Read More ]

unsuccessful coronary IR

The patient has total occlusion RCA, had a prior angiogram done like 3 weeks ago, it is a planned procedure. In Op report" Catheter was flushed, engaged into coronary ostium. We then used a Fielder XT... [ Read More ]

Unsuccessful coronary IR

Need help billing 2 procedure on same day (Sorry this is long!) Thank you!

92928-LC vs 92941-LC (unable to tell if acute NSTEMI) 93454-59 return to cath lab: 92920-LC-59 93454-76 (or 77 if by different provider)... [ Read More ]

Multiple stents

i would add ffr -93571-ld, 92920-ld (instead of LC)... [ Read More ]

Multiple stents

First is you code by what vessel was stented, not by how many stent were placed. So I would code this as 93458-59, 92920-LD, 92928-RI, 92928-LC, 92928-RC. If you are coding for the hospital, and drug... [ Read More ]

kissing angioplasty

I am perplexed how to code the kissing angioplasty procedure. I code for facility and I will be using C9600 code instead 92928. how can I capture this procedure? I would code; 93458-59 C9600-LD 92978-... [ Read More ]

kissing angioplasty

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New to cardiac cath coding. Payer says 92928 and 92920 bundled into 92941??

Is the LM/LAD/LC stenosis the same lesion? That may be the reason for 92928-LD and 92920-LC is not getting paid. If you can send a report it may help. HTH, Jim Pawloski, CIRCC... [ Read More ]

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