You Be the Coder:
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 [...]