Cardiology Coding Alert

Tip:Verify where ILR information came from before reporting 93291. If you're tired of getting paper cuts from flipping between 93288-93292 and the CPT section guidelines, just keep this article close at hand. We've paired these newfor-2009 codes with their matching guidelines in one convenient spot. CPT distinguishes the codes from 93288-93292 (Interrogation device evaluation [in person] with physician analysis, review and report, includes connection, recording and disconnection per patient encounter ...) by the kind of device involved. So you can quickly pinpoint the codes for the services you provide most often. For example, you may see pacemakers (93288) and ICDs (93289) most often, like Jennifer Crowell, CCC, CEMC, with Spokane Cardiology in Washington. But there are also a couple of key concepts that apply to all the codes in this range: • In-person: These are "in-person" services. CPT guidelines specify this means a "face-to-face" evaluation, which distinguishes these codes from [...]