Cardiology Coding Alert
Clarification:
ICD Coding
Published on Thu Aug 18, 2005
In the article titled "Start and Finish Your ICD Coding With This Solid Strategy" featured in the August 2005 Cardiology Coding Alert, there is an error on page 62. The article states that you should add modifier 26 (Professional component) to 33241 (Subcutaneous removal of single or dual chamber pacing cardioverter-defibrillator pulse generator).
However, you shouldn't use modifier 26 on any code in the 30000 series. "They are all, by definition, physician work," says Sandy Fuller, CPC, a compliance officer at Cardiovascular Associates of East Texas in Athens. We regret the error.
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