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5 Tips Guide Which ECMO/ECLS Codes You Can, Cannot Report Together

Published on Fri Jun 21, 2019

Hint: Physician can separately report extensive repair of an artery. Don’t let the CPT® guidelines for ECMO/ECLS trip you up. Take a look at the following tips to make sure you know exactly which codes you can and cannot report together when submitting your ECMO/ECLS claims. Tip 1: The physician cannot separately report repositioning cannula(e) codes 33957 (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [...]
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