Cardiology Question for the Week of December 4, 2017
Is the coding of a diagnostic cardiac catheterization different based on the access into the body, for example: radial versus femoral artery?
Is the coding of a diagnostic cardiac catheterization different based on the access into the body, for example: radial versus femoral artery?
Last week you gave a list of options that a referring lab must meet to be able to bill for clinical lab tests on the CLFS. We are interested in the one about the lab not referring more than 30 percent of the tests for which it receives testing requests, etc. How does CMS determine the 30 percent exception option?
How do you code for diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) and diffusion-weight¬ed imaging (DWI) when they are performed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain? Are there specific codes to describe this imaging?
Is whole blood covered under Medicare’s incident-to policy?
Would the documentation of snoring and signs of nasal obstructions be enough reason to do a polysomnography?
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Treating a heart attack as outpatient may sound ludicrous, but for some hospitals it may be the right choice. The two-midnight rule threw the hospital
As use of EHRs increases, so too does the potential for fraud. The use of electronic health records (EHRs) is expanding at a rapid pace,
Can a right heart catheterization (RHC) be billed on the same claim as a heart biopsy?
Should the CPT® codes be used to bill for mammograms or should the G codes be used?
Can a referring lab bill for clinical laboratory diagnostic tests on the CLFS?

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