Billing the new selective renal codes with a heart cath

Why This Topic Matters

Understanding how these services are reported together affects claim accuracy, documentation requirements, and whether separate billing is appropriate in a combined cardiac and renal imaging session.

Article Sections

1. Question and answer on billing renal catheterization with heart catheterization

   Introduces the billing question raised for Medicare patients and frames the article’s focus on same-session reporting. The section establishes the overall coding topic and the context for the discussion.

2. Documentation and reporting of new renal catheterization codes

   Summarizes the need for documentation of renal artery catheter placement and discusses the new CPT renal catheterization code family. It also addresses the relationship to other procedural reporting and radiology components.

3. Selective versus superselective catheterization

   Explains the broad distinction between selective and superselective renal catheterization as discussed in the article. This section focuses on the procedural scope and related terminology used by the speakers quoted in the article.

4. Drive-by renal angiography and same-session billing

   Covers the non-selective renal angiography scenario described for procedures performed during cardiac catheterization. The section addresses how that service is positioned within the article’s billing discussion.