tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 24

EECP Coding: Use G0166, Not CPT Codes, for EECP Under Medicare

Make sure you have coverage for this big-ticket therapy Confused about enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) therapy? Help is at hand.   As of January 2000, Medicare has its own code, G0166, for EECP, and will no longer recognize the CPT Codes that other payers reimburse. Luckily, Medicare pays more for that G code than private payers pay for all three CPT codes, according to one coder. EECP is a therapy that revascularizes the heart by pushing blood from the lower extremities up toward the heart, says Jim Collins with Compliant MD in Collins, N.C.   The patient's medical...

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