Wiki conscious sedation with heart cath

[aforsythe]

Hello everyone, I just have a question about conscious sedation.

Our physicians just attended a conference and came back stating we now can bill for conscious sedation during a cath performed in an inpatient or outpatient facility setting. According to Appendix G in the CPT book and the NCCI edits it is not aloud. Does anyone know of change I did not catch?

Any help is appreciated.

Amy

 

[Jim Pawloski]

Hello everyone, I just have a question about conscious sedation.

Our physicians just attended a conference and came back stating we now can bill for conscious sedation during a cath performed in an inpatient or outpatient facility setting. According to Appendix G in the CPT book and the NCCI edits it is not aloud. Does anyone know of change I did not catch?

Any help is appreciated.

Amy

I checked on this with another coder that I work with, and we found that it is bundled with the heart cath charge.

Thanks,
Jim Pawloski, CIRCC

 

[aforsythe]

Thanks Jim!

I have checked with some other local cardiology groups and they are also stating it is included. Just wanted to make sure I did not miss any changes.

 

[10marty]

See Appendix G CPT 2010 for those procedures where moderate/conscious sedation is included.

Marty

 

[maxsteele]

Have we changed our minds since Appendix G was removed from CPT?

 

[espressoguy]

Have we changed our minds since Appendix G was removed from CPT?

There are newer threads here than an 8 year old one that would have answered this question.

Conscious sedation has been billable for heart caths and a number of other procedures since January 1, 2017. The conscious sedation codes have been changed to reflect this.