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    Wiki ICD Implant Question

    Good afternoon, I have a question about CPT 33249 (ICD Implant) We have received a request for a refund on a claim from 2021, stating we should have billed it as a clinical trial. From reading the NCD 20.4, looks as if the clinical trial was no longer required as of 2/18. Can someone please...
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    Wiki Question on Neurostimulators

    Good Morning, I wanted to check and see if anyone has had to bill for Neurostimulators ( PNS) We are billing with CPT codes 64555, 64590 & 92971. This was actually a neurostimulator implanted in the leg for pain control. We are unable to find a NCD or LCD and are getting denied by Medicare...
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    Wiki Cardioversions

    Could someone please offer me advise. When a pt goes in for a elective cardioversion I use 92960, but what if pt comes in through the ER or is an IP in the hospital and has to be cardioverted. What code would you use then? According to what I have read there needs to be a consent signed...
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    Wiki Rt common iliac & rt external iliac stents

    Could someone please help with coding this rt common femoral approach.. 1. angioplasty and stent in the rt common iliac 2. angioplasty and stent in the rt external iliac. I have these two codes.... 37221-rt 37223-rt Would these codes be correct? Thanks for any help
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    Wiki stress test interp

    Help Please, Could someone please tell me how you would code a limited stress echo test interp only. This was done at the hospital and our physician was there to interp the test. The report states that this is a limited stress echo. Thanks so much
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    Wiki temp & perm pacemaker! Help Please

    Good Afternoon! I have a pt that came into the Er with complete AV block, bryadycardia & syncope. We admitted pt and also put in a temp pacer. The following day the pt was taken to the cath lab and dual chamber pacer was put in. during procedure pt's BP went up, he developed cardiogenic shock...
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    Wiki Hosp In-Pt consult with pacemaker insert

    Trying to bill in-pt consult and dual chamber pacemaker on the same day. I have filed the 99222-57 then the pacemaker code of 33208. Medicare has denied stating that it is on the 19.2 version of the CCi edits and states that another modifier is needed on the E/M code.
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    Wiki New Cardiology Codes

    Could someone please tell me the code for LHC with no LV injection but LV pressures were taken. I am looking at cpt code 93458 : Thanks Lisa
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    Wiki CPT codes 75571- 75572- 75574

    Could someone be willing to elaborate on these codes. 75571-- is this a CT of chest or heart w/o contrast 75572-- is this a CT of chest or heart with contrast 75574-- is this a CTA of chest or heart and do all of these codes include calcium scoring? These codes are a little confusing.
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