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CPT® 93564, Under Injection Procedures During Cardiac Catheterizations

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 93564 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Injection Procedures During Cardiac Catheterizations.

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In this procedure, the provider passes a catheter into the coronary arteries and injects dye to evaluate heart function in a patient with congenital heart disease. He catheterizes the native arteries and any bypass grafts.  He supervises the collection of images, interprets the images, and makes a report of his findings.

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How to read "include" and "exclude" in the book
I'm taking exam and learning to go in depth on reading the CPT book. 36100-36218 INCLUDES introduction of catheter and cath of all lesser order vessels used for approach local anest... [ Read More ]
billing 93571 iFR only
93571 is an add on code and can be used with 92920, 92924, 92928, 92933, 92937, 92941, 92943, 92975, 93454-93461, 93563, 93564 per CPT guidelines. We have Provider A performed 93458 and Provider B pe... [ Read More ]
Primary CPT for IVUS CPT 92978
Hello, I was wondering if folks could chime in on their understanding of what Primary CPT's are compliant with CPT add on 92978 (IVUS). Per CPT: "Code first primary procedure (92920, 92924, 92928,... [ Read More ]
Cardiac Cath - Rev code 480 and 481
Is it appropriate to bill Cardiac Catheterization Lab CPT Codes with a revenue code 480? Or, are these CPT codes only supposed to be billed with revenue code 481? The CPT codes in question would be: C... [ Read More ]
CPT 92928 with 93458
If you read the guidelines in your CPT book for Coronary Therapeutic Services and Procedures, it states "Diagnostic coronary angiography codes (93454-93461) and injection procedure codes (93563-93564)... [ Read More ]
Ffr-we have a DR
Hello, we have a DR trying to bill only a FFR. Since it is an add on code that doesn't really work, anyone have anything on this?? From Dr: Not all ffr needs pci and in fact most don't. ... our ... [ Read More ]
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I wouldn't report 93564; if you read it closely, the code is to be used during a congenital heart cath and can't be billed with CPT codes 93452-93461. You can use 93564 with 93530-93533. CPT 93459... [ Read More ]
Cardiac Cath
[QUOTE="crberman, post: 277665, member: 99837"]Hi. I could use some help. My doctor did a cath on a patient recently. This is what happened. Left heart cath with LIMA, SVG to the OM and SVG to the R... [ Read More ]
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[b]answer[/b] the 93459 includes the 93564 if you have a cpt book for 2013 look on page 512 first paragraph left side of page and I would use the 52 modifier... [ Read More ]
Cardiac Cath
Hi. I could use some help. My doctor did a cath on a patient recently. This is what happened. Left heart cath with LIMA, SVG to the OM and SVG to the RCA, PCI attempted however the guide cath would ... [ Read More ]
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