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HCPCS Code for Percutaneous transcatheter placement of drug-eluting intracoronary stent(s), with coronary angioplasty when performed; each additional branch of a major coronary artery (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure) C9601

HCPCS code C9601 for Percutaneous transcatheter placement of drug-eluting intracoronary stent(s), with coronary angioplasty when performed; each additional branch of a major coronary artery (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure) as maintained by CMS falls under Percutaneous Transcatheter/Transluminal Coronary Procedures .

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Percutaneous transcatheter placement of drug-eluting intracoronary stent(s), with coronary angioplasty when performed; each additional branch of a major coronary artery (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

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Need help figuring out what to charge.
[QUOTE="lnbryant, post: 511672, member: 85677"] Since there's no documentation of the patient being taken emergently to the cath lab or the culprit vessel for the STEMI, I would code this as a regular... [ Read More ]
Need help figuring out what to charge.
Since there's no documentation of the patient being taken emergently to the cath lab or the culprit vessel for the STEMI, I would code this as a regular PTCA instead of acute MI. If you're billing wit... [ Read More ]
Coding for PCI
Hi, Is it okay to claim both 929 series codes along with C codes for the same date of service . Some examples include below [LIST] [*]92920,92924,C9600 [*]92920,C9600 [*]92920,C9600,C9601 [*]92920,C9... [ Read More ]
RPAV C9601
Is RPAV considered a branch or the distal extension of the RCA? DES was placed prox and mid RCA. C9600-RC. ( facility) intervention also states RPAV lesion DES placed. Is C9601-XU,RC correct? Iâ€... [ Read More ]
help please
[QUOTE="heart123, post: 397116, member: 69639"]lhc 93458 stent to mid first diagonal 92928 stent to the mid lad 92929 is this right??? thanks[/QUOTE] Diagonal is a branch of the LAD. So the numbe... [ Read More ]
need help billling lhc/stent
[QUOTE="bhargavi, post: 385783, member: 227032"]CLINICAL INDICATION Crescendo angina. ... [ Read More ]
need help billling lhc/stent
CLINICAL INDICATION Crescendo angina. ... [ Read More ]
need help with cardiac cath
[QUOTE="bhargavi, post: 362922, member: 227032"]INDICATIONS Chest pain. ... [ Read More ]
need help with cardiac cath
INDICATIONS Chest pain. Acute coronary syndrome. ... [ Read More ]
C9600 c9601
[QUOTE="mjmauch, post: 327150, member: 92027"]New to Cardiology COding! Am i reading the HCPCS description correctly: Drug eluting stent to LM and Left Circ. Billing for C9600 the LC Modifier and ... [ Read More ]
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