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Patient comes in for a holter monitor study in a hospital setting.
The holter monitor is owned by an outside vendor and the outside vendor does not charge the hospital for use of the equipment, vendor charges 93226.
The monitor is connected by a hospital employed technician who provides patient education on use and disconnection, hospital charges 93225.
Non hospital employed physician performs the review and interp, physician charges 93227.
Is it appropriate for the hospital to charge 93225 if they are only performing the connection, and disconnection not the recording because the outside vendor owns the equipment?
The holter monitor is owned by an outside vendor and the outside vendor does not charge the hospital for use of the equipment, vendor charges 93226.
The monitor is connected by a hospital employed technician who provides patient education on use and disconnection, hospital charges 93225.
Non hospital employed physician performs the review and interp, physician charges 93227.
Is it appropriate for the hospital to charge 93225 if they are only performing the connection, and disconnection not the recording because the outside vendor owns the equipment?