Cardiology Coding Alert

When the physician combines multiple services in one session, check these codes first.Many coders are responding to the AMA's creation of five new electrophysiology codes with a resounding "It's about time!" But there's also concern that the way the new codes bundle services will lead to revenue loss.Action plan: You can't control the RVUs Medicare will assign, but you can submit clean claims to reduce time-consuming, costly denials. Study the new codes so you're ready to apply them for services on and after Jan. 1, 2013.Study Definitions of Deleted and Added CodesCPT® 2013 will delete the following ablation codes, says Julie Graham, BA, CPC, cardiology coder and compliance specialist for Concentra in Texas:93651, Intracardiac catheter ablation of arrhythmogenic focus; for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia by ablation of fast or slow atrioventricular pathways, accessory atrioventricular connections or other atrial foci, singly or in combination 93652, ... for treatment of ventricular tachycardia.But [...]