ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
RVUs and Medicare Payments for Cardioversion and Related Codes
Published on Tue Dec 18, 2012
92960 (Cardioversion, elective, electrical conversion of arrhythmia; external) has a work RVU of 2.25 and a total RVU of 3.63 for a Medicare payment of $123.56 in the facility setting.
92950 (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation [(e.g., in cardiac arrest]) has a work RVU of 4.0 and a total RVU of 5.39 for a Medicare payment of $183.46 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 6.38 for a Medicare payment of $ 217.16 in the facility setting.
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