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Highlight 2 New 2010 Codes for High-Tech Cardiology Services

Published on Sat Sep 26, 2009

Steer clear of Cat. I codes for intravascular spectroscopy -- here's where to look instead. The CPT update season is fast approaching. Warm up for the changes coming your way with a look at new-for-2010 Category III codes aimed at diagnosing coronary artery disease. Match 0206T to MCG One of the new Category III codes with a Jan. 1 implementation date is 0206T (Algorithmic analysis, remote, of electrocardiographic-derived data with computer probability assessment, including report), which is appropriate for Premier Heart's Multifunction CardioGram (MCG). The service: The MCG uses a mathematical approach to diagnose heart disease,states Joseph Shen, MD, founder and co-developer of the MCG technology, in a press release. Practices using the technology provide an in-office test similar to a resting ECG and then send the information to an MCG datacenter for analysis, which includes scoring the cardiac disease severity and listing differential diagnoses. Catch this: The MCG system uses [...]
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