Can mitral valvuloplasty (92987) be billed with the transseptal puncture code (93462)?
92987 Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty; mitral valve
+93462 Left heart catheterization by transseptal puncture through intact septum or by transapical puncture (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
Error reported by WPS/GHA might have nationwide ramifications. Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) WPS GHA today confirmed that an enhancement to its Fiscal Intermediary Shared System
CMS engages in lively discussion about the proposed 2019 MPFS. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was asked yesterday by a listener if the agency
2019 E&M changes will impact all areas of practice management. Far-reaching impacts to work relative value unit (RVU)-based compensation models that will pay providers in
The proposal would present a dangerous precedent for all of medicine. On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its
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HATA survey reveals membership dissatisfaction with prior authorization transactions. In a recent report to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
The OIG continues to review cases of malnutrition. The diagnosis of severe protein calorie malnutrition is under high scrutiny from the Centers for Medicare &
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It’s not the credentials, but knowledge of the clinical validator that counts. Clinical documentation integrity (CDI) professionals come from a variety of backgrounds and skill
I am looking for the correct codes to assign when our provider documents that bilateral selective carotid artery angiogram and intracerebral artery angiogram were performed followed by selective left subclavian artery and left vertebral artery angiogram. Would the correct coding be CPT® 36223-50 and 36226-LT? Or would it be 36223-50 and 36225-LT?
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