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Lt Heart Cath with Carotid Artery Angiogram Help

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A Left heart Cath with coronary angiography, lv gram and angiogram of the right common carotid artery was performed.
Do I code the angiogram of the right common carotid artery ? Some sites tell me yes, others no when performed with Left Heart Cath. So now I am confused. The codes that I am using is 93510, 93545, 93556, 93543 & 93555what other codes should I use?

Thank you.
 
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louwho1 said:
A Left heart Cath with coronary angiography, lv gram and angiogram of the right common carotid artery was performed.
Do I code the angiogram of the right common carotid artery ? Some sites tell me yes, others no when performed with Left Heart Cath. So now I am confused. The codes that I am using is 93510, 93545, 93556, 93543 & 93555what other codes should I use?

Thank you.
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Yes, you can code for the Right Common Carotid Angiography. The codes are:

36216 or possibly 36217 if there is abnormal anatomy of the arch vessels and if the artery was actually selected with a catheter.

75676 (dependent of course on an interpretation of the films)

HTH :)
 
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