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Doctor placed stents in the ramus intermedius and the lateral ramus due to 2 vessel bifurcation. Can we code for both interventions in 2013?
Thanks so much for your help!
Thanks so much for your help!
Doctor placed stents in the ramus intermedius and the lateral ramus due to 2 vessel bifurcation. Can we code for both interventions in 2013?
Thanks so much for your help!
The Introductory Guidelines under coronary therapeutic services and procedures state that "When bifurcation lesions are treated, PCI is reported for both vessels treated. For example, when a bifurcation lesion involving the left anterior descending artery and the first diagonal artery is treated by stenting both vessels, 92928 and 92929 are both reported". Having said that when you bill for both of them you will only get reimbursed for the main code. The hospital can however bill for both!