CPT^® 93355, Under Echocardiography Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 93355 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Echocardiography Procedures.

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Summary

The provider uses an ultrasound transducer inserted through an endoscope into the esophagus to examine the heart’s valves and chambers and guide transcatheter procedures on the heart and great vessels.

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PFO Closure

93580 is the code for PFO closure and 93662 is the ICE code. 93355 (TEE) can bill coded, but must be performed by a physician who is not doing the PFO Closure. HTH, Jim Pawloski, CIRCC... [ Read More ]

Surgical TEE not getting paid

[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 484158, member: 5404"] Per NCCI, echocardiography is considered integral to anesthesia services. 93312 should be allowed with a modifier 59 if it meets the specified criteri... [ Read More ]

Surgical TEE not getting paid

Per NCCI, echocardiography is considered integral to anesthesia services. 93312 should be allowed with a modifier 59 if it meets the specified criteria (not sure why you're seeing this deny, but it c... [ Read More ]

Surgical TEE not getting paid

Our anesthesiologists do a surgical TEE for the cardiologists when they are replacing Mitral or Aortic valves and also CABGs. 93312-59 is being denied 90% by all payers. 93355-59 (which I believe is t... [ Read More ]

Help Please with ECMO

Is this for guidance during a procedure and includes all the measurements and reports as listed with 93355? Or is it only being used for one time assessment? In other words, what is the purpose for ... [ Read More ]

Help Please with ECMO

Does anyone know what TEE code to code during ECMO ? 93355 ?... [ Read More ]

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Hi, Looking for any help with this procedure. It's a watchman implantation however our Provider would like to add a little extra to it and I'm not sure if that is possible. Looking for any advice...... [ Read More ]

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Transespohogeal Echo Interpretation

[QUOTE="dunagin, post: 427259, member: 21031"]We do a pre and post transespohogeal echo on our pediatric patients we use 93315 for the probe and interp but we leave the probe in so how should we code... [ Read More ]

TAVR with TAVR TEE cardiologycoding

Billing 33361 with 93355. Need to know if payers are paying these two together. What is proper coding when performing a TAVR and also a TAVR TEE? Thank you. Vonda P... [ Read More ]

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