Can you tell me where you found the 90 minute time frame guidelines? I'm looking for documenation to support any rules regarding intervention durina an MI and have not found anything. Thank!!
Ditto. I would love to see documentation for this, as well. The office I work for is having us code this for a pt who comes in with MI even if the intervention is not done until the next day.
Ditto. I would love to see documentation for this, as well. The office I work for is having us code this for a pt who comes in with MI even if the intervention is not done until the next day.
I too, am looking for this "90 min" time frame...does anyone know where this written documentation is? I have looked everywhere
There may be some confusion as to the diagnosis of an AMI and the guidelines when coding 92941. The AMI can be coded clinically but for the new CPT code 92941 this is the revascularization DURING the patient experiencing the Acute MI which would usually be within 90 minutes. First medical contact-to-balloon time within 90 minutes. The patient may be diagnosed with an AMI (which may be appropriate) but that is not the same as the purpose of this new code. Hope this helps some.
92941 was written for an ACUTE MI (total/subtotal occlusion). Basically the patient is having the AMI - first medical contact to balloon time 90 minutes.