tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 29

Angiography: Use CPT Codes, Not G Codes, for Selective Renal/Iliac Angiographies

 CMS clarifies long descriptors for G0275 and G0278If your practice bills frequently for G0275 and G0278, you ought to take note of a change to the language regarding those codes. In program memo AB-03-119, published in August, CMS changed the long descriptors for two codes: G0275 (Renal angiography, cardiac cath) and G0278 (Iliac artery angiography, cardiac cath). This change slipped past most coders without notice, and the new descriptions were retroactive to Jan. 1. Only now are coders starting to notice the difference. In both cases, CMS added the word "non-selective" to the long descriptor of...

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