Cardiology Coding Alert

CPT® 2021 Guidelines:

Understand Included Services, Follow Reporting Rules to Ace New CPT® 2021 Congenital Cardiac Anomaly Shunting Codes

Hint: Never append modifier 63 to code 33741. In the article “Sort Through These Congenital Transcatheter, Ventricular Assist Device, and ECG Recording Codes Before Jan. 1. Hits” in Cardiology Coding Alert Vol. 23, No. 10, you learned all about the new shunting procedure codes you will gain in 2021. Along with these new codes, CPT® has also added numerous guidelines [...]
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