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CODING AND PAYMENT FOR THE CARDIOMEMS? HF SYSTEM
Physician Effective Dates: January 1, 2015 ? December 31, 2015
Codes for the CardioMEMS HF System are listed separately in addition to the code for the primary procedure.
CPT? Code Description Base Payment wRVUs
93451
Right heart catheterization including measurement(s) of oxygen
saturation and cardiac output, when performed
$149 2.72
+93568
Injection procedure during cardiac catheterization including imaging
supervision, interpretation, and report; for pulmonary angiography
(List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
$49 0.88
93799 Unlisted cardiovascular service or procedure Carrier Priced 0
+ Add-on code; Add-on codes are always performed in addition to the primary procedure and are never reported as a stand-alone code.
Please see Payment Considerations ? Physician (page 4), for guidance on billing unlisted CPT codes.
Hospital Outpatient Effective Dates: January 1, 2015 ? December 31, 2015
CPT Code Description APC SI* Base Payment
C9741
Right heart catheterization with implantation of wireless
pressure sensor in the pulmonary artery, including
any type of measurement, angiography, imaging
supervision, interpretation and report
0080 T $2,575
C2624
Implantable wireless pulmonary artery pressure sensor
with delivery catheter, including all system components
Pass-through H Pass-through
Hospital Inpatient Effective Dates: October 1, 2014 ? September 30, 2015
ICD-9-CM Procedure Code Description MS-DRG assignment Base Payment
38.26
Insertion of implantable pressure sensor without lead for
intracardiac or great vessel hemodynamic monitoring
264 $16,594
* SI = Status Indicator; H = Separate cost-based pass‑through payment; not subject to co-payment; T = Significant procedure, Multiple reduction applies