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93000-93010:

Hone Your ECG Coding Skills With 3 Essential Pointers

Published on Sat Jan 02, 2010

Grasping 93010's effect on new vs. established patient status could bring a $58 reward.Whether you call them ECGs or EKGs, chances are you see a lot of electrocardiograms in your practice. That means that even the tiniest coding errors can add up quickly. Brush up on the CPT 93000-CPT 93010 basics with this review of the service, the code components, and the role ECGs can play in choosing the proper E/M code.1. Count on These Codes for Proper ECG ReportingThere are three codes for routine ECG:93000-- Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; with interpretation and report93005-- ... tracing only, without interpretation and report93010-- ... interpretation and report only.The service these codes describe typically involves placing six leads on the patient's chest and additional leads on each extremity, says Christina Neighbors, MA, CPC, CCC, ACS-CA, charge capture reconciliation specialist and coder at St. Joseph Heart & Vascular Center in [...]
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