CPT^® 93303, Under Echocardiography Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 93303 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Echocardiography Procedures.

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Summary

The provider performs a complete transthoracic echocardiography to obtain images of the heart structures through the chest wall in patients born with heart defects. This study includes visualization of heart chambers, valves, blood flow, and cardiac activity. This service has both a professional and a technical component.

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93306 TTE Echocardiogram

Hello: I'm a new CPC-A, started my new job a couple weeks ago and I'm getting conflicting answers on how to code this interpretation summary. We are told at our job to only take codes from the Interpr... [ Read More ]

Is 93356 billable from a professional component?

[QUOTE="Jim Pawloski, post: 492182, member: 67434"] If your billing for the doctor, you bill 93356-26, if for the hospital or clinic bill 93356-TC [/QUOTE] I don't see that TC/-26 are appropriate for ... [ Read More ]

Modifiers

[QUOTE="lizcon98, post: 473631, member: 594496"] I work with Pedi Cardiology, when billing a reading of an EKG 93010 with echo 93303,93325&93320 on dame DOS so we need to add modifier 59 in the 93010?... [ Read More ]

Help with Cardio Fetal Echo Billing

I have a patient that we saw for a visit for ASD repair & she is pregnant & also did a fetal echo on her how do I bill this visit. For mom I have 99245,93000,93303,93325,93320 then her fetal echo 7685... [ Read More ]

Modifier 59

can someone please help me with the following: when billing codes 93010,93303,93325&93320 same day do we need to add modifier 59 on the 93010?... [ Read More ]

Modifiers

I work with Pedi Cardiology, when billing a reading of an EKG 93010 with echo 93303,93325&93320 on dame DOS so we need to add modifier 59 in the 93010?... [ Read More ]

Anesthesia done with no crosswalk ASA

I have a patient that had procedure code 93303 under MAC. Anesthesia was used due to Down Syndrome and Autistic Disorder. I'm not sure what ASA code to use and if it needs a special modifier. Modif... [ Read More ]

Congenital Echo Guidance

My physicians are looking to begin billing a congenital echo (93303, 93325, 93321) instead of a complete echo (93306) using the dx code Q24.8 for a left ventricular intracavitary band. Is this approp... [ Read More ]

Multiple Ekg's done on the same day

[QUOTE="HannahKnight90, post: 466884, member: 402439"] These are for codes 93010 [/QUOTE] Right, what I linked was an example of a TTE, but is also mentions the EKG in the second paragraph. Same rul... [ Read More ]

Multiple Ekg's done on the same day

I believe they need to be billed one ekg per line and 2nd thru 4th with mod 76. However, somewhere in the back of my mind I vaguely remember 3 in one day is the limit on EKGs. "It was medically nece... [ Read More ]

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