tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2002 Issue 9

Three Easy Steps to Diagnosis Coding for Electrocardiography

To ensure proper diagnosis coding for electrocardiography, you need to remember two things: specificity and medical necessity.ECGs (93000, Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; with interpretation and report; 93005, ... tracing only, without interpretation and report; and 93010, ... interpretation and report only;) are some of the most common diagnostic tests performed by ED physicians and cardiologists in the ED. During the noninvasive procedure, a patient has electrodes placed on his or her chest, arms and legs to produce an electrical recording of the heart. Technically speaking, the ECG is a graphic tracing of the electrical activity...

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