AMA CPT® Assistant - 2000 Issue 1 (January)

Medicine Endocardiography (January 2000)

January 2000 page 10d Coding Consultation Echocardiography, Medicine, 93312 (Q&A) Question A transesophageal echocardiography (93312) is performed preoperatively, the probe is left in during the definitive procedure, and additional images are taken postoperatively. How should this be reported? AMA Comment In the instance where transesophageal echocardiography is performed preoperatively, the probe is left in during the definitive procedure, and then additional images are taken by the same physician postoperatively, code 93312 is reported one time. The additional images taken postoperatively are included in this code. Code 93314 should not be reported in addition. However, if a different physician...

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