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Could you please verify if I have correctly assigned the CPT codes? I am coding for the facility side not the professional side. Are the CPT codes 93459 and 37211? Am I missing a code for the selective placement of the catheter into the brachial artery? Also, are there any modifiers needed? Thank you in advance for your assistance.
This is a Medicare patient:
The procedure is titled:
Left Heart Cath
Selective right and left coronary angiography
LIMA Angiogram
LUE Angiiogram
Thrombolysis of LUE with intra-arterial tPA
Body of the report:
Access: RT femoral artery
Accessed and visualized: LT coronary, RT coronary, LT ventricle, LT internal mammary
LT ventriculogram was performed.
Selective LUE angiogram w/catheter in LT brachial artery show thrombus at the axillo-brachial junction
8mg of intra-arterial tPA was injected. No mechanical thrombolysis -- only chemical thrombolysis with tPA was done due to high risk of thromboembolism.
Thank you so much
This is a Medicare patient:
The procedure is titled:
Left Heart Cath
Selective right and left coronary angiography
LIMA Angiogram
LUE Angiiogram
Thrombolysis of LUE with intra-arterial tPA
Body of the report:
Access: RT femoral artery
Accessed and visualized: LT coronary, RT coronary, LT ventricle, LT internal mammary
LT ventriculogram was performed.
Selective LUE angiogram w/catheter in LT brachial artery show thrombus at the axillo-brachial junction
8mg of intra-arterial tPA was injected. No mechanical thrombolysis -- only chemical thrombolysis with tPA was done due to high risk of thromboembolism.
Thank you so much