AMA CPT® Assistant - 2003 Issue 3 (March)

Medicine (March 2003)

March 2003 page 23a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 93580, 93581, 93662 (Q&A) Question Could both codes 93580 and 93662 be reported together? A parenthetical note following code 93662 does not include code 93580. AMA Comment It would be appropriate to report code 93662, Intracardiac echocardiography during therapeutic/diagnostic intervention, including imaging supervision and interpretation (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), in conjunction with code 93580, Percutaneous transcatheter closure of congenital interatrial communication (ie, fontan fenestration, atrial septal defect) with implant, when performed at the same operative session. Please note that the parenthetical note following code...

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