Streamline Your IVUS Coding With 3 Tips - AAPC Experts offer three tips for improving your IVUS reporting: 1 Pair IVUS With Primary Procedures Both the coronary and peripheral IVUS codes are add-on codes, so don't try reporting them without the accompanying primary service, or you'll face denials, Davis says
IVUS and Diagnostic-Procedure Codes Can Be Billed Together IVUS performed with a coronary intervention is likely to be paid if the procedure is documented and a valid diagnosis demonstrates medical necessity This is not the case for IVUS performed during a diagnostic coronary procedure or for any peripheral vascular IVUS, where carrier payment policies vary considerably
IVUS Coding guidelines | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC Our Physicians have started using the Intravascular Ultrasound more and the guidelines that I have found still leave me with questions Sometimes the physician will use IVUS bilaterally and usually includes the Inferior Vena Cava For example the Physician will measure the IVC, Right Common
Wiki - IVUS of coronary artery branch? - AAPC An IVUS was done on the left main (LM), LAD, and diagonal branch (D1) I would bill 92978-26 for the LM, 92979-26 for the LAD My question is can I bill 92979-26-59 for the D1? Not sure if branches off one of the major arteries can be billed separately Thanks so much for your help
CPT® Code 92978 - Therapeutic Services and Procedures - AAPC The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) code 92978 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Therapeutic Services and Procedures
Wiki - Venogram | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC An IVUS catheter was advanced into the left iliac venous system Intravascular ultrasound confirmed luminal narrowing with intimal scarring in the left common and external iliac veins
Wiki - Venography coding | Medical Billing and Coding Forum - AAPC Pelvic venogram IVUS evaluation of caudal inferior vena cava, right and left common and external iliac veins, right and left common femoral veins Placement of left common iliac vein stent Patient was placed supine frog leg position on the procedure table Right and left groin and upper thigh regions prepped and draped in usual sterile fashion
Wiki - Lower Extremity Cath Placement IVUS - AAPC Hi, I want to make sure that I am coding for Lower Extremity Cath Placement and IVUS correctly If someone could please look over these and let me know if I am coding something incorrectly Patient was prepped and draped in sterile fashion after informed consent was obtained Under my direct supervision, moderate sedation was administered with the continuous monitoring of hemodynamic
4 Tips Update Your IVUS Coding : CPT® 2016 - AAPC We’re here to make sure your IVUS coding goes smoothly using two new codes this year Read on for four expert tips straight from AMA CPT® editorial panel member Katharine L Krol, MD, FSIR, FACR at the AMA’s CPT® and RBRVS 2016 Annual Symposium