lisamaddox
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I am very new to CVT billing and am having quite a time getting accquainted with all the coding guidelines. I have done Cardiology billing for 8 years but this CVT is a whole new ball game. I have a CVT doc that is asking me to bill for "revieiwing" CT's of the chest or cath films on pt's that he is doing a consult on or has done a CABG or AVR or something along those lines. He wants me to bill for reviewing these films and tests with a modifier 77 appended to the claim. I don't think this is the correct way to do this but he says he has done it in the past and been paid for it. I was under the impression that the "reviewing" of these studies is included in the consult and/or the Critical Care follow up that he is doing. Does anyone have any suggestions or comments on this? I am really concerned that this is not OK.