tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 21

Part B Coding Coach: Nail Down Your Cardiac Cath Coding With This Updated Advice

Read this op report and figure out how you would code it. Coding medical charts is always a difficult task, but when it comes to cardiac catheterizations, the year-to-year code changes and detailed instructions can confuse even a veteran medical staff member. The sample case below, based on a real-life report, offers a chance to look at the nitty gritty details involved in choosing which codes to assign to your claim. Navigate Your Way Through the Report PROCEDURES: Left heart catheterization. Bilateral selective coronary artery angiography. Left ventriculogram. Ascending aorta angiography. Right common femoral artery angiography. Perclose ProGlide closure...

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