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75710: Check Heart Cath Documentation Before You Add This Code

Published on Mon Oct 18, 2010

Payer preference and anatomic side may change your coding.You typically need more than one hand to count all the codes that apply to a single heart catheterization session, so you have to take extra care to be sure you catch every appropriate code.Scenario: A reader submitted a question about proper coding for a left heart catheterization, but the most troublesome aspect may be the iliofemoral angiogram performed at the same session. Here's the case in question: The cardiologist performs a left heart cath, coronary angiogram, left ventriculogram, and right iliofemoral angiogram.Read on for some possibilities to consider, but remember that proper coding will always depend on the codes the documentation supports.Find Injection and Imaging Codes When AvailableLHC: For the left heart catheterization (LHC), report 93510-26 (Left heart catheterization, retrograde, from the brachial artery, axillary artery or femoral artery, percutaneous; Professional component).Coronary angiogram: For the coronary angiogram, you should report both [...]
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