AMA CPT® Assistant - 2018 Issue 12 (December)

Medicine: Cardiovascular (Q&A) (December 2018)

December 2018 page 11 Medicine: Cardiovascular Question: What code should be reported for a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) ramp study performed during a diagnostic right-heart catheterization? An LVAD hemodynamic ramp study is performed by measuring hemodynamic variables and LVAD parameters at incremental levels of flow through the device using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Would this be reported with code 93750 or another code, or is it included in the right-heart catheterization? Answer: Currently, there is no specific CPT code for an LVAD ramp study. Code 93750, Interrogation of ventricular assist device (VAD), in person, with physician or other qualified...

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