AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 8 (August)
Pediatric Echocardiography for Congenital Anomalies (August 2013)
August 2013 pages 3-4 Pediatric Echocardiography for Congenital Anomalies The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set contains echocardiography codes that are used to report procedures specifically performed to diagnose cardiac anomalies found in patients with congenital heart disease, which includes defects such as atrial and ventricular septal defects, patent ductus arteriosis, Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, single ventricle, and congenital defects of the cardiac valves. Although pediatric patients with congenital heart disease may be evaluated using only echocardiography, other cardiac imaging methods are available as well (eg, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]). The echocardiography guidelines...
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