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CPT® 93452, Under Cardiac Catheterization and Associated Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 93452 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Cardiac Catheterization and Associated Procedures.

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This procedure involves catheter placement in a left sided, systemic cardiac chambers left ventricle or left atrium. It also includes left ventricular injection and measuring left ventricular pressures that mounts within the ventricle.

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please help me on a practicode case the rationale didn't fully answer
On this case, the rationale said which CPT codes to look up but did not bother to explicitly say which were correct. I got them wrong, and I want to know if I have figured out the right ones. [QUOTE]... [ Read More ]
"Left heart catheterization without left ventriculography".
If LVEDP is recorded with coronary angio, then you have 93458. If only LVEDP and no coronaries, then code 93452.... [ Read More ]
"Left heart catheterization without left ventriculography".
[QUOTE="dnakvosas@yahoo.com, post: 514100, member: 722648"] A lot of our doctors reports state "Left heart catheterization [B]without[/B] left ventriculography". This is the one that confused me the... [ Read More ]
"Left heart catheterization without left ventriculography".
93452 does not include the coronary arteries... [ Read More ]
"Left heart catheterization without left ventriculography".
A lot of our doctors reports state "Left heart catheterization [B]without[/B] left ventriculography". This is the one that confused me the most. What do I code? Can I still code 93452?... [ Read More ]
cardiovascular
[QUOTE="OpenClaims, post: 513324, member: 835846"] When I code this in an encoder the ventriculography automatically comes through, so if this is just a diagnostic left heart cath, then the correct co... [ Read More ]
cardiovascular
When I code this in an encoder the ventriculography automatically comes through, so if this is just a diagnostic left heart cath, then the correct code that I'm getting would be 93452 (Left heart cath... [ Read More ]
cardiovascular question
[QUOTE="dnakvosas@yahoo.com, post: 513211, member: 722648"] I am fairly new to Cardiovascular coding. Procedure reads in short, coronary angiography and left heart catheterization w/o ventriculograph... [ Read More ]
cardiovascular
93452 has for left ventriculography. What if just left heart cath and no ventriculography?... [ Read More ]
cardiovascular question
I am fairly new to Cardiovascular coding. Procedure reads in short, coronary angiography and left heart catheterization w/o ventriculography. Which do I code? 93454 or 93452. 93452 states left ventr... [ Read More ]
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