AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 4 (April)

Medicine (April 2005)

April 2005 page 14a Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers Medicine, 92982, 92984, 92980 (Q&A) Question Is it appropriate to separately report diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures when performed on the same day? AMA Comment From a CPT coding perspective, therapeutic cardiovascular procedures such as balloon angioplasty (code 92982), atherectomy (code 92984), and intracoronary stent placement (code 92980) do not include a preceding diagnostic cardiac catheterization, nor do they describe any particular angiography procedure. These two distinct procedures (diagnostic catheterization and therapeutic procedures), therefore, should be reported separately when performed at the same session or on the same day at...

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