AMA CPT® Assistant - 1998 Issue 4 (April)

Medicine, 93530-93533 (Q&A) (April 1998)

April 1998 page 15-end Coding Consultation Medicine, 93530-93533 (Q&A) Question Is there an age limit for reporting the new cardiac catheterization codes for congenital cardiac anomalies (93530-93533)? AMA Comment There in no age limit mentioned in the narrative description of the new cardiac catheterization codes for congenital cardiac anomalies. While it is true that the vast majority of patients undergoing these procedures are children, an increasing cohort of young adults with congenital heart disease have survived into adolescence and young adulthood. As long as there is a congenital cardiac anomaly, it is appropriate to report these codes. Medicine...

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