Cardiology Coding Alert
Quick Guide to Flawless CABG Coding
Learn what to report if your op note supports additional procedures
Before you begin to code CABG procedure, you have to sort through whether you should report harvesting separately. The following chart simplifies what codes you need by putting all the rules into one place.
Note: If your op note supports additional procedures, you can also report arterial bypass grafts with the following codes:
• 33542--Myocardial resection (e.g., ventricular aneurysmectomy) (Before the physician places the graft, he opens the aneurysm, removes any clot from the ventricle, and either excises or opens the aneurysm wider.)
• 33545--Repair of postinfarction ventricular septal defect, with or without myocardial resection (The physician opens the heart and cuts out all dead muscle on the surface of the heart and in the septum.)
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