jaimo
New
Hello All,
My physician was performing a Rt/Lft Heart Cath and attempted to place a coil in the Rt collateral, but it did not coil properly and protruded out slightly into the aorta, he states this coil needed to be retrieved and was successfully done and he wants to bill a retrieval code as well as the Cath code. So my question is, should a retrieval code be reported with the Cath code?
Thank you for any advice anyone can give.
jaimo,CPC
My physician was performing a Rt/Lft Heart Cath and attempted to place a coil in the Rt collateral, but it did not coil properly and protruded out slightly into the aorta, he states this coil needed to be retrieved and was successfully done and he wants to bill a retrieval code as well as the Cath code. So my question is, should a retrieval code be reported with the Cath code?
Thank you for any advice anyone can give.
jaimo,CPC