CPT^® 93304, Under Echocardiography Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 93304 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Echocardiography Procedures.

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The provider performs a limited or follow–up transthoracic echocardiography to obtain images of the heart through the chest wall in patients born with heart defects. It is a limited examination of a focused clinical concern that does not attempt to evaluate or document all the heart structures included in a complete echo. This service has both a professional and a technical component.

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TTE w/Piccolo Device Closure

Thanks! I was making it harder than it needs to be. Going to bill 93304 with 22 modifier to capture the extended time spent in the OR.... [ Read More ]

Billing 2 echos on same DOS 2 echos on same dos

My doc was called out of our office STAT to perform an echo (93303, 93320, 93325) on a newborn in the NICU. The newborn was put on nitric oxide for pulmonary hypertension. Doc went back to the hospi... [ Read More ]

93312 vs 93315 facility charge

93312, 93315 or 93313, 93316 codes have both TC and Professional components. I think (this is my opinion here) that if the physician coded 93315.26 and the Tech coded 93312 then this would cause denia... [ Read More ]

echo help!

I'm having trouble finding guidelines on the frequency for echocardiograms. I need to know if a patient is in the hospital and multiple echoes are done can the doctor bill as complete echoes(93303) or... [ Read More ]

Coding for nursing home visit cross cover

Assume patient from nursing home is admitted to hospital on 9/1/14 with pneumonia. Doctor A is the Primary care doctor that does the admission. On 9/7/14, doctor A goes on vacation and asks Doctor B t... [ Read More ]

Limited echo studies

As long as the documentation/findings support 93325-26 you [I]can[/I] bill with 93308-26 & 93321-26. There are no NCCI edits and the parenthetical note under 93325 states: "(Use in conjunction with ... [ Read More ]

no longer congenital

Just a note you should not be using the congenital echo codes (93303, 93304 and 93315-93317) for a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) regardless if it is closed or not. This is in the 2013 CPT Reference Gui... [ Read More ]

Echo changes

[b]non-congenital finding[/b] I also bill for pediatric cardiology. You would use 93306 for a [B]complete[/B] echo with no CHD finding. 93307 is also for no CHD finding, but [B]does not include spec... [ Read More ]

93350 with 93320, 93325

When the color flow is done, it is proper to bill the 93325 with 93350. When the spectral display is performed, it's correct to also bill 93320. It's noted in the CPT Expert under both these add-on ... [ Read More ]

critical care modifiers - I am billing 99291-25 with 3150

I am billing 99291-25 with 31500, 92950, 36556-53, 36556-76, 36620, 93304, my question is 92950, and 93304 should these have a 51 modifier or would you use a 59. I would think that this should be cod... [ Read More ]

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