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One of my cardiologists did a cardiac cath with a stent placement. He planned to bring the patient to the lab the following day for additional stent placement. With the understanding that this was a planned procedure, I do not believe we can bill a 93508-26, 93545, 93556-26. Can someone confirm this?

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Marty
 
10marty said:
One of my cardiologists did a cardiac cath with a stent placement. He planned to bring the patient to the lab the following day for additional stent placement. With the understanding that this was a planned procedure, I do not believe we can bill a 93508-26, 93545, 93556-26. Can someone confirm this?

Thanks
Marty
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I agree with you. A second diagnostic exam is not warranted (medical necessity) without a documented change of condition or insufficient previous cath. That does not seem to be the case in this instance.

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he already knows where he needs to stent you can only bill for the stent unless symptoms change or increase and he has to check and make sure nothing has changed
 
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