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Distinguish Between Complete and Component Cardiac Event Monitoring Codes

Published on Fri Aug 21, 2020

Question: Can you explain the rules for reporting a complete cardiac event monitoring service (93268) versus the component codes? Pennsylvania Subscriber Answer: You should report global code 93268 (External patient and, when performed, auto activated electrocardiographic rhythm derived event recording with symptom-related memory loop with remote download capability up to 30 days, 24-hour attended monitoring; includes transmission, review and interpretation [...]
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