CPT^® 93458, Under Cardiac Catheterization and Associated Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 93458 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Cardiac Catheterization and Associated Procedures.

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In this procedure, the provider performs imaging supervision and interpretation for a coronary angiography with left heart catheterization and intraprocedural injections for left ventriculography. He performs these injections to assess any coronary artery disease or any stenosis within the artery. Report this code to represent only imaging supervision and interpretation for this procedure.

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93458 DENYING AS BUNDLED

[QUOTE="UGLYOPI, post: 516129, member: 56610"] I code for cardiology as well, when I bill out my LHC w/stent, its 93458, 26, XU (USE -59 IF INS IS BCBS) Then your stent code 92928 needs to have the ve... [ Read More ]

93458 DENYING AS BUNDLED

I code for cardiology as well, when I bill out my LHC w/stent, its 93458, 26, XU (USE -59 IF INS IS BCBS) Then your stent code 92928 needs to have the vessel modifier LC, LD, RC, RI OR LM. It should g... [ Read More ]

jlong

The first procedure was billed with 93458.26.59, 92928.RC (3-stents placed in RC), 92978.26.RC, Medicare paid all three CPT. The patient returned to her room and then went into cardiac arrest and emer... [ Read More ]

MOD 26 on 93458 & 92928 (Cath and stent)

Hi, Why would you append MOD 26 to these cardiac procedures and not other procedures such as 58558 as neither owns the equipment? I am not understanding why one would get and not the other. I do un... [ Read More ]

please help me on a practicode case the rationale didn't fully answer

On this case, the rationale said which CPT codes to look up but did not bother to explicitly say which were correct. I got them wrong, and I want to know if I have figured out the right ones. [QUOTE]... [ Read More ]

93458 DENYING AS BUNDLED

Hello fellow Cardiology coders, I have been coding cardiology for many years and recently payers in Michigan have been denying 93458 (with or without) modifier 59 when bundled with with stent 92928-... [ Read More ]

"Left heart catheterization without left ventriculography".

If LVEDP is recorded with coronary angio, then you have 93458. If only LVEDP and no coronaries, then code 93452.... [ Read More ]

"Left heart catheterization without left ventriculography".

you would only use 93454 if your Dr did not do the LHC look at the description of 93458 in your CPT book it states (including LV WHEN PERFORMED) if it is not done you would still use 93458... [ Read More ]

Denial 93458, 92978, and 92979.

I have never used the XU modifier. I would code these 92928 RC 93458 26 59 92978 26 LM 92979 26 LD... [ Read More ]

Denial 93458, 92978, and 92979.

Hello, I first billed out 92928 RC, 93458 26 XU,92978 XU LM, and 92978 LD. Got the denial for 92978 and 92978. I changed one of 92978 to 92979 and removed the XU then added modifier 26. Now, the... [ Read More ]

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