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CPT® 93316, Under Echocardiography Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 93316 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Echocardiography Procedures.

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In this procedure, the provider performs transesophageal echocardiography, or TEE, with multiple transducers or a rotating transducer to obtain a two dimensional, 2D, image for visualization of the heart for any congenital problems and includes only transesophageal probe placement.

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Anesthesiologist performing TEE
See if 93313 or 93316 applies to your scenario - this is for the TEE probe placement ONLY. This does NOT include the reading, acquisition of images nor a separate report done at the end. L J... [ Read More ]
93312 vs 93315 facility charge
93312, 93315 or 93313, 93316 codes have both TC and Professional components. I think (this is my opinion here) that if the physician coded 93315.26 and the Tech coded 93312 then this would cause denia... [ Read More ]
Tee done during cabg
Davie, TEE's for routine intra-operative monitoring (93318) are not separately billable. If your provider is placing the probe (93313 & 93316) or providing interpretation and report as well (93312 ... [ Read More ]
Intra-Operative TEE with bypass
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has advised that you can bill for an intraop TEE if the following conditions are met: 1. The surgeon must supervise the entire procedure 2. Surgeon must separately do... [ Read More ]
Anesthesia code for TEE
Per the ASA Crosswalk CPT code 93312/93313/93315/93316 cross to 01922 when billing anesthesia service for TEE. Julie, CPC... [ Read More ]
Asa-rvg
Here are the values from the 2009 RVG: 31500 - 6 units 36555 - 5 units 36556 - 4 units 36620 - 3 untis 36625 - 5 units 93312 - 6 units 93313 - 2 units 93314 - 4 units 93315 - 8 units 93316 - 3 units ... [ Read More ]
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