CPT^® 92950, Under Other Therapeutic Cardiovascular Services and Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 92950 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Other Therapeutic Cardiovascular Services and Procedures.

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In this procedure, the provider attempts to restart the heart and lungs of the patient with cardiopulmonary arrest to ensure oxygen supply to the lungs.

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Open Sling CPT Code?

[QUOTE="brittburkhardt, post: 434645, member: 303247"] I just finished a practice exam from AAPC, and I’d love more clarification on the correct answer. 67 year old female having urinary incontinen... [ Read More ]

Multiple 92950 - Same group, different providers

We had 2 units of 92950 on the same day. The first unit was paid. The second unit was denied because it was a different provider, same group. How can we rebill to get the second unit paid?... [ Read More ]

How many times we can code CPR in a day or visit.

92960, cardioversion, elective, is a scheduled procedure that delivers a low-voltage shock timed with the heart's rhythm in order to get it out of an arrhythmia. Defibrillation is a high-voltage shoc... [ Read More ]

How many times we can code CPR in a day or visit.

patient came to ER with chest pain and suddenly collapsed, had a cardiac arrest, code blue announced and the team started resuscitation. started CPR and cardioversion for about 20mins and the patient ... [ Read More ]

denials for CPT 36010

Here is from the NCCI manual, "A number of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures (e.g., CPT codes 92950-92998, 93451-93533, 9360093624, 93640-93657) routinely use intravenous or intra-a... [ Read More ]

Critical care with cpr x's 3

Has this guideline changed for Medi-Cal? Just curious since I've been seeing denials for coding past 2 times on the same day for CPT 92950. Peace @_* Thanks for any help in advance.... [ Read More ]

Cardioversion in ER

[QUOTE="zoinks071, post: 464554, member: 83102"] I would not use 92960 in this situation because that code is for an [B]elective[/B] cardioversion which is planned in advance, typically in a patient w... [ Read More ]

Cardioversion in ER

I would not use 92960 in this situation because that code is for an [B]elective[/B] cardioversion which is planned in advance, typically in a patient with new onset atrial fibrillation. Depending on t... [ Read More ]

prolonged services - need help

[QUOTE="Colliemom, post: 459960, member: 40963"] Good morning, So we have a provider who submitted a 99309, which was paid, and then she added a 99358 and 99359 to the encounter, which were denied. ... [ Read More ]

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77001-26 is included with the heart cath and is not separately reportable. Here is from the NCCI manual: 4. A number of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures (e.g., CPT codes 92950-929... [ Read More ]

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