ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
2016 RVUs and Medicare Payments for Cardioversion and Related Codes
Published on Thu Jan 21, 2016
92960 (Cardioversion, elective, electrical conversion of arrhythmia; external) has a work RVU of 2.25 and a total RVU of 3.47 for a Medicare payment of $124.32 in the facility setting.
92950 (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation [(e.g., in cardiac arrest]) has a work RVU of 4.0 and a total RVU of 5.33 for a Medicare payment of $190.96 in the facility setting.
99291 (Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes) has a work RVU of 4.50 and a total RVU of 6.31 for a Medicare payment of $226.07 in the facility setting.
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