What CPT code should I be billing for the supervision of a stress echo? Our local hospital provides the facility and equipment and the reports of the stress echos are sent to a local cardiologist for interpretation. For the past year, I have been billing the following codes for the work of my physicians who supervise the patient during the stress echo:
93350-26
93016
I received a call today from the cardiologist that his office is not being paid because we are billing the code that they should be reporting. The cardiologist office states that the hospital (who provides the equipment) bills 93350-TC and the cardiologist should bill 93350-26 for interpretation of the report. What does this leave for my office to report? Can I report 93351 for supervision by a physician of a stress echo? Or is the only code I can report is the 93016 for interpretation of the EKG portion of the test?
Thank you!
93350-26
93016
I received a call today from the cardiologist that his office is not being paid because we are billing the code that they should be reporting. The cardiologist office states that the hospital (who provides the equipment) bills 93350-TC and the cardiologist should bill 93350-26 for interpretation of the report. What does this leave for my office to report? Can I report 93351 for supervision by a physician of a stress echo? Or is the only code I can report is the 93016 for interpretation of the EKG portion of the test?
Thank you!