CPT^® 00563, Under Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 00563 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Anesthesia for Intrathoracic Procedures.

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The provider performs anesthesia services for a patient undergoing a procedure involving the heart, the sac around the heart, and the great vessels of the chest, such as the aorta, its major branches, and the major pulmonary vessels. The procedure requires a pump oxygenator to take on the work of the heart and lungs. The procedure also involves hypothermic circulatory arrest, which cools the body to stop blood circulation without endangering the patient.

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Good morning I am hoping someone could help. I am coding an encounter that I coded A33120 that is correct but the patient went into cardiac arrest so what ASA code do I use since we did not start the... [ Read More ]

Billing 99116 with 00562 ASA/Relative Value Guide

Hello, can anyone help shed some light on the 99116. The CPT book does NOT say anything billing 99116 with 00562, 00563, 00566 and 00567. However the ASA book Relative Value Guide states you cannot ... [ Read More ]

00563, Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

I am doing some research on CPT code 00563 and found this thread. I have a question also. I work for a CVT surgeon who has ordered hypothermic arrest during a procedure and feels that he should be a... [ Read More ]

Cold Blood Cardioplegia 00563

[b]00563[/b] [QUOTE="JudyW, post: 364769, member: 526"]I have emailed you about this and hopefully it helped you some. :)[/QUOTE] Hi Judy Would you mind emailing me also? Thanks! Tara Miller, CPC RC... [ Read More ]

Cold Blood Cardioplegia 00563

[QUOTE="hofm04, post: 364686, member: 14222"]Does this qualify for 00563 hypothermic cardiac arrest? Can the documentation be in the op note and not in the anesth record? Of course, the anesth rec... [ Read More ]

Cold Blood Cardioplegia 00563

Does this qualify for 00563 hypothermic cardiac arrest? Can the documentation be in the op note and not in the anesth record? Of course, the anesth record should as well but... Thanks... [ Read More ]

00563 billable if only part of procedure was done off bypass?

My anesthesiologist is asking if he can bill for the 00563 ( off pump) CABG if the case started out off pump and then went on pump for the last hour? Any thoughts? Thanks much... [ Read More ]

Can you bill 00563 if CABG only partially done off bypass

My anesthesiologist is asking if he can bill for the 00563 ( off pump) CABG if the case started out off pump and then went on pump for the last hour? Any thoughts? Thanks much... [ Read More ]

00563, Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

[QUOTE="TammyW, post: 228223, member: 23359"]I am STRUGGLING with when to code hypothermic circulatory arrest (00563). I know my CPT coding is right on target ... but when reading the OP notes and ... [ Read More ]

00563, Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

I am STRUGGLING with when to code hypothermic circulatory arrest (00563). I know my CPT coding is right on target ... but when reading the OP notes and having to cross to 00562 or 00563, I am tripp... [ Read More ]

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