Medicare's policy on hierarchy of coronary interventions

Article Overview

This article discusses Medicare’s National Correct Coding Initiative policy on the hierarchy of coronary interventions and how reporting is organized when more than one coronary procedure is performed. It is aimed at coding and billing professionals who work with cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology claims, and it highlights the general categories of guidance involved, including vessel-based reporting, coronary artery modifiers, and primary versus add-on coding structure.