Wiki HELP with denials!

[MxTej94]

I'm new to cardiology coding.

How does one bill 93295 and 93296 for ICDs, and 93294 and 93296 for pacers? Anyone knows of any excellent reference/books to use for studying, for cardio coding?

Thanks.

 

[denisek1028]

I use Dr. Z as a reference and also the coding companion for Cardiology.

http://zhealthpublishing.com/

When billing remote device checks, 93294 is for pacemaker and 93295 is for the defibrillator. 93296 is the technical component for both codes. For example, a patient with a pacemaker you would bill 93294, 93296. These can be billed every 90 days.

Hope this helps!