CPT^® 92998, Under Other Therapeutic Cardiovascular Services and Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 92998 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Other Therapeutic Cardiovascular Services and Procedures.

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The provider inflates a balloon–tipped catheter in the blocked area of a pulmonary artery to treat stenosis. This code describes work on each additional vessel of the pulmonary artery.

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Here is from the NCCI manual, "A number of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures (e.g., CPT codes 92950-92998, 93451-93533, 9360093624, 93640-93657) routinely use intravenous or intra-a... [ Read More ]

LHC

77001-26 is included with the heart cath and is not separately reportable. Here is from the NCCI manual: 4. A number of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures (e.g., CPT codes 92950-929... [ Read More ]

92998 MUE history 92998 cms mue

Is there a resource where I can access the MUE limit for 92998 in 2014 and 2015?... [ Read More ]

adenosine infusions with right heart cath

NCCI manual ([url]http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/NationalCorrectCodInitEd/index.html?redirect=/nationalcorrectcodinited/[/url]) Click on this zip file near the bottom of the page: NCCI Policy Manu... [ Read More ]

Multiple procedure reduction stent

[b]![/b] [QUOTE="Jim Pawloski, post: 255672, member: 67434"]92928 is used for the RC, LC, And LD. 92998 is for the the branches for each major artery, but can only be used twice. HTH, Jim Pawloski, ... [ Read More ]

Multiple procedure reduction stent

[QUOTE="EmilyDingee, post: 255548, member: 129007"]You might want to look into other threads for your answer, I have seen this question asked before and replys that these codes were effected by the re... [ Read More ]

Help - Secure horizon

[b]bundling[/b] Did you check the NCCI edits? Here is a snippet to get you started.>sA number of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures (e.g., CPT codes 92950-92998, 93451-93533, 93600-... [ Read More ]

EP Studies

[QUOTE="dphillips, post: 154404, member: 21638"]Thanks so much for your answer. This helps my case![/QUOTE] The operative report should document that this was a separate procedure and the reason wh... [ Read More ]

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